Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662) : colonial urban fabric as cross-cultural skeleton / Martin Malcolm Elbl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elbl, Martin, author.

Series:

Portuguese studies review monograph series ; v. 1.

Portuguese studies review monograph series ; vol. 1

Language:

Arabic

English

French

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Tangier (Morocco)--Civilization--Portuguese influences.

Tangier (Morocco).

Architecture--Morocco--Tangier--Portuguese influences.

Architecture.

Tangier (Morocco)--Colonial influence--History.

Médina (Tangier, Morocco)--History.

Médina (Tangier, Morocco).

Portugal--Civilization--History.

Portugal.

Colonial influence.

Civilization--Portuguese influences.

Civilization.

Architecture--Portuguese influences.

Morocco--Tangier.

Morocco--Tangier--Médina.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 1047 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario : Baywolf Press, 2013.

Language Note:

Text in English with some text in Arabic, Portuguese, and French.

Contents:

Erasures, palimpsests and ghost images (prologue)

The walled Médina of Tangier : models and doubts

"Little Tangier" (prelude i)

"Big Tangier" (prelude ii)

Land-front-Porta do Campo/Catherine Port (interlude)

Land-front

enceinte and towers : awaiting the barbarians (act i, scene i)

The north-west front (Muralha) (act i, scene ii)

The south wall (act i, scene iii)

The sea-front (act i, scene iv)

The Catelo Novo/York Castle (act i, scene v)

The Qaṣba/Castelo Velho (interlude)

Awaiting the barbarians

again (act ii, scene i)

The forever citadel (act ii, scene ii)

Bullet-proof vest, à la mode (act ii, scene iii)

Palace with a view (act ii, scene iv)

The Médina as texture (act ii, scene v)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 981-1022) and index.

ISBN:

9780921437505

0921437501

OCLC:

867557597