By recovering the inner life of the Portuguese trade diaspora (1492-1640), this book explores the relations between mobility and community; domestic sociability and trade expansion; commercial experience and early capitalist ideology; and cultural hybridity, transnationalism, an…
A blend of historical analysis with entertaining anecdotes, including the idiosyncrasies that make the Portuguese unique.
A blend of historical analysis with entertaining anecdotes, including the idiosyncrasies that make the Portuguese unique.
A blend of historical analysis with entertaining anecdotes, including the idiosyncrasies that make the Portuguese unique.
Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados is an exploration of two fandango dances, recording the circulations of people, imagery, music, and dance across what were once the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. Although these dance-musics seem to be mirror images, the unbreachable spac…
Analysis of the role of Iberian women in Europe, Asia, Africa and America as well as those indigenous cultures influenced by Iberians (the people of present-day Spain and Portugal).
Power and Pawn was written in recognition of the need for scholarly investigation on the woman's historical role. It describes, synthesizes, and interprets the role of the Iberian female in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America as well as those indigenous cultures influenced by the …
