The Portuguese in the Creole Indian Ocean: Essays in Historical Cosmopolitanism

by Fernando Rosa

Overview

This monograph is an exploration of the historical legacy of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, in particular in Goa, Macau, Melaka, and Malabar. Instead of fixing the gaze on either the colonial or the indigenous, it attempts to scrutinise a creole space that is rooted in Indian Ocean cosmopolitanism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137563668
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/12/2015
Series:	Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Fernando Rosa is a Research Affiliate in the English Department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Revisiting the Creole Port City
3. The Malabar Coast (Kerala) and Cosmopolitanism
4. Revisiting Creoles and Other Languages in the Lusophone Indian Ocean
5. (Dis) Connections in Macau and Melaka: Constructing a Lusophone Indian Ocean
6. The Muslim and Portuguese Indian Ocean: A Reappraisal of Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern Era
7. Conclusion