João Sarmento

Fortifications, Post-colonialism and Power (eBook, ePUB)

Ruins and Imperial Legacies

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Produktbeschreibung

By critically examining Portuguese fortiifications across the former Lusophone empire, this book constructs a cultural and political geography that informs our understandings of the performance of the 'colonial present', it investigates how memory attaches itself to places and discusses how contemporary postcolonial states resolve the ambiguous public treatment of colonialism and the 'colonial present. This book also provides an understanding of the role of various imperial legacies in the construction of memory and identity and explores the intersection of colonialism, memory, power and space in the postcolonial Lusophone world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317133865
• Artikelnr.: 49353081

Autorenporträt

João Sarmento is an Assistant Professor at the Geography Department, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal and Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal ('Tourism, Culture and Space' Group).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Ruins and Imperial Legacies: Global Geographies of
Portuguese-built Forts; Chapter 2 Portugal's 'Weekend at the Coast': Fort
Jesus and Empire Celebration in Kenya; Chapter 3 1An earlier version of
this chapter was published in Tourism Geographies, 2010, 12(2): 246-63 with
the title 'Fort Jesus: Guiding the past and contesting the present in
Kenya'. I acknowledge the permission to reprint from the publisher (Taylor
& Francis Ltd, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals); Chapter 4 1An earlier
version of this chapter was published in Social and Cultural Geography,
2009, 10(5): 523-44 with the title 'A sweet and amnesic present: the
postcolonial landscape and memory makings in Cape Verde'. I acknowledge the
permission to reprint from the publisher (Taylor & Francis Ltd,
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals); Chapter 5 A Neglected Trophy, Elusive Oil
and Re-workings of Memory in São Tomé e Príncipe; Chapter 6 In the Shadows
of Mazagan: The Medina of Azamour, Morocco; Chapter 7 Conclusions;