Cultures of the Lusophone Black Atlantic - (Studies of the Americas) by N Naro & R Sansi-Roca & D Treece (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse colonial cultures including the Portuguese imperial project. The Lusophone context offers a unique perspective on the history of the Atlantic.

Review Quotes

"This book is a remarkable achievement. On one hand, it critically transcends the risk of parochial colonial nostalgia implicit in 'Lusophone, ' as much as it overcomes the implicit Anglophone bias of 'the Black Atlantic.'On the other, the historical and anthropological processes of colonial and diasporic formations are richly analyzed as encounters, as confrontations, and as settings for cultural creation." - Miguel Vale de Almeida, Professor of Social Anthropology, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisbon

About the Author

NANCY PRISCILLA NARO is Reader in Brazilian History, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, King's College London, UK.

ROGER SANSI ROCA is Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK.

DAVID H. TREECE is Director of the Centre for the Study of Brazilian Culture and Society, and Camões Professor of Brazilian Studies, King's College London, UK.