Lusofonia and its futures / / edited by João Cezar de Castro Rocha

• Pubblicazione: Dartmouth, Massachusetts : , : Tagus Press, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 244 pages)
• Disciplina: 909/.097569
• Soggetto topico: Portuguese language - Social aspects - Portuguese-speaking countries; Portuguese language - Political aspects - Portuguese-speaking countries; Language policy - Portuguese-speaking countries; Portuguese literature - History and criticism; Civilization; Colonies; Intellectual life; Language policy; Portuguese language - Political aspects; Portuguese language - Social aspects; Portuguese literature
• Soggetto geografico: Portuguese-speaking countries Civilization; Portuguese-speaking countries Intellectual life; Portugal Colonies; Portugal; Portuguese-speaking countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Persona (resp. second.): RochaJoão Cezar de Castro
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction. Lusofonia : a concept and its discontents / João Cezar de Castro Rocha -- ; Lusofonia and its futures. Asymmetric cultural flows and community reflections / Benjamin Abdala Junior ; translated by Alexander R. Luz ; Lusofonia, language policies, and the formation of nation-states : Mozambique / Bethania Mariana ; translated by Beatriz Caldas ; "Ex-centric" Lusofonias : on remembered language and its possible futures in Portuguese-American culture / Christopher Larkosh ; Lusofonia : from infancy to necrology, or the peregrinations of a floating signifier / Luíz Madureira ; Orthographic (Dis)agreement and the Portuguese identity threat / Michelly Carvalho and Rosa Cabecinhas ; Lusofonia and eternal empire : notes from the sixteenth century / Vincent Barletta ; Inside/outside Lusofonia : the case of Goa. Alternative global mappings / Joana Passos ; These Languages that separate us / Sandra Ataíde Lobo ; Goa as India's hub to the Lusosphere / Constantino Xavier ; Lost dialogues, uncertain genealogies / Duarte Drumond Braga -- ; Essays. Fernando Pessoa crosses the Atlantic / Walnice Noguiera Galvão ; translated by Robert B.F. Stuart ; British novels in nineteenth century Brazil / Sandra Guardini Teixeira Vasconcelos -- ; Reviews. On João Almino, The book of emotions / Greg A. Mullins ; On José Miguel Wisnik, Veneno remédio : o futebol o e Brasil, roots of the twenty-first century / Pedro Meira Monteiro ; translated by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ; on Gonçalo M. Tavares ; On Lídia Jorge, A noite das mulheres cantoras / Sandra Guerreiro Dias ; On Márcia Valéria Zamboni Gobbi, a ficcionalização da história, Mito e paródia na narrativa portuguesa contemporânea -- ; Fiction and interview. A portrait of the author as a reader / Evando Nascimento ; translated by Anthony Lennard ; Story as question mark : an interview with Portuguese writer Jacinto Lucas Pires / Millicent Borges Accardi ; L / Jacinto Lucas Pires ; translated by Patricia Odber de Baubeta ; Extreme hour / Mario Araujo ; translated by Alison Entrekin.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Lusofonia and Its Futures is a richly textured collection of essays on the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, comprised of over 230 million people in eight countries on four continents. The notion of Lusofonia encompasses the cultural identities generated by Portuguese speakers with shared as well as divergent histories. This volume presents a nuanced and critical study of the concept and history of Lusofonia from a variety of theoretical approaches." -- Publisher's description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lusofonia and its futures
• ISBN: 9783319133614; 9781933227436 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996320709103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Portuguese literary and cultural studies ; ; 25.