LEADER 03234nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910782848903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6630-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000723045 035 $a(EBL)433168 035 $a(OCoLC)318219319 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205390 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205390 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192643 035 $a(PQKB)11631550 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39461 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433168 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277741 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433168 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000723045 100 $a20080718d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMoorings$b[electronic resource] $ePortuguese expansion and the writing of Africa /$fJosiah Blackmore 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4833-6 311 $a0-8166-4832-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIn this first book to study Portuguese texts about Africa, Moorings brings an important but little-known body of European writings to bear on contemporary colonial thought. Images of Africa as monstrous, dangerous, and lush were created in early Portuguese imperial writings and dominated its representation in European literature. Moorings establishes these key works in their proper place: foundational to Western imperial discourse. Attentive to history as well as the nuances of language, Josiah Blackmore leads readers from the formation of the "Moor" in medieval Iberia to the construction of a 606 $aAfricans in literature 606 $aHistoriography$zPortugal$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aHistoriography$zPortugal$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aMuslims in literature 606 $aPortuguese literature$xHistory and criticism 607 $aAfrica$xDescription and travel 607 $aAfrica$xForeign public opinion, Portuguese 607 $aAfrica$xHistoriography 607 $aPortugal$xColonies$zAfrica 615 0$aAfricans in literature. 615 0$aHistoriography$xHistory 615 0$aHistoriography$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aMuslims in literature. 615 0$aPortuguese literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a869.09 676 $a960.22072 700 $aBlackmore$b Josiah$f1959-$01500106 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782848903321 996 $aMoorings$93763157 997 $aUNINA