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.…mehr
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.
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).
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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;
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;
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