The 'air of liberty' : narratives of the South Atlantic past / / Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger.
The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the philos...
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| Superior document: | Cross/cultures ; 96 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cross/cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Mauritsstad–Recife in Seventeenth-Century Brazil
- Amsterdam and the South Atlantic
- The Jewish-Portuguese Nation in the Colony of Suriname
- The Maroon and the Creole as Narrative Tropes
- Manuel Piar and the Struggle for Independence in Latin America
- Popular Rhythms and Political Voices in Curaçao
- New Landscapes, Creole Belonging
- The South Atlantic Revisited
- Concluding Remarks
- Works Cited
- Index.