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The Relic State: St Francis Xavier and the Politics of Ritual in Portuguese India (Studies in Imperialism)
Pamila Gupta
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Description for The Relic State: St Francis Xavier and the Politics of Ritual in Portuguese India (Studies in Imperialism)
Hardcover. Explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510-1961) Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBTQ; HRCC7; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
This book is a study of the complex nature of colonial and missionary power in Portuguese India. Written as a historical ethnography, it explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510–1961), and for which the centrepiece was the 'incorrupt' corpse of São Francisco Xavier (1506–52), a Spanish Basque Jesuit missionary-turned-saint. Using distinct genres of source materials produced over the long duree of Portuguese colonialism, the book documents the historical and visual transformation of Xavier’s corporeal ritualisation in death through six events staged at critical junctures ... Read more
This book is a study of the complex nature of colonial and missionary power in Portuguese India. Written as a historical ethnography, it explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510–1961), and for which the centrepiece was the 'incorrupt' corpse of São Francisco Xavier (1506–52), a Spanish Basque Jesuit missionary-turned-saint. Using distinct genres of source materials produced over the long duree of Portuguese colonialism, the book documents the historical and visual transformation of Xavier’s corporeal ritualisation in death through six events staged at critical junctures ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719090615
SKU
V9780719090615
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About Pamila Gupta
Pamila Gupta is Senior Researcher at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa -- .
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