Empires of Love : Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity.
Title:
Empires of Love : Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity.
Author:
Nocentelli, Carmen.
ISBN:
9780812207774
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Note on Quotations and Translations -- Introduction -- 1: Perverse Implantations -- 2: The Erotic Politics of Os Lusíadas -- 3: Discipline and Love: Linschoten and the Estado da Índia -- 4: Polygamy and the Arts of Reduction -- 5: The Ideology of Interracial Romance -- 6: English Whiteness and the End of Romance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Drawing on a wide range of Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish sources, Empires of Love shows how the encounter with Asia shaped the way early modern Europeans came to define their racial and sexual identities.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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