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Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- History.
- Africa--Historiography.
- Africa.
- Africans in literature.
- Muslims in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Historiography--Portugal--History--To 1500.
- Historiography--Portugal--History--16th century.
- Portuguese literature--History and criticism.
- Portuguese literature.
- Portugal--Colonies--Africa.
- Portugal.
- Colonies.
- Africa--Description and travel.
- Africa--Foreign public opinion, Portuguese.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Into Africa
- Encountering the African
- Some medieval formulations
- The African in-between
- Expansion and the contours of Africa
- Routes, histories, and chronicles
- Strangeness under the imperial sun
- Africa and the imagination
- The monster of melancholy
- Adamastor melancholicus
- The masculine ship
- The devil's map.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816648320
- 0816648328
- 9780816648337
- 0816648336
- OCLC:
- 229031021
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