Portuguese Orientalism: The Interplay of Power, Representation and Dialogue in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

by Catarina de Almeida and Marta Pinto

Research on Portuguese orientalism has been mostly centred on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and has focused on missionary work and Catholic orientalism. In contrast, reflection on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is scarce and has relied on individual case studies, notwithstanding the TECOP (Texts and Contexts of Portuguese Orientalism: The International Congresses of Orientalists, 1873-1973) research project. This edited collection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789760542
• ISBN13: 9781789760545
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 10.7"