{"product_id":"moorings-josiah-blackmore-9780816648337","title":"Moorings: Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Africa was perceived in the early modern imaginary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first book to study Portuguese texts about Africa, \u003ci\u003eMoorings\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eMoorings\u003c\/i\u003e establishes these key works in their proper place: foundational to Western imperial discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAttentive 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 full colonial imaginary, as found in the works of two writers: the royal chronicler Gomes Eanes de Zurara and the epic poet Luís de Camões. Blackmore's original work helps to explain how concepts and myths--such as the \"otherness\" of Africa and Africans--originated, functioned, and were perpetuated.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving into the Portuguese imperial experience, \u003ci\u003eMoorings\u003c\/i\u003e enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josiah Blackmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816648336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816648337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2009 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 51","brand":"Josiah Blackmore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086949855487,"sku":"9780816648337","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71089da1-2741-4023-b59a-241436b1a9ce.jpg?v=1769097429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moorings-josiah-blackmore-9780816648337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}