The book surveys the ways in which Christian ideas and institutions shaped sexual norms
and conduct from the time of Luther and Columbus to that of Thomas Jefferson. It is global in …

Many researchers have explored the impact of British and French Orientalism in the
reinterpretations of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia during the nineteenth and early …

This article revisits the historiography around the Foral of 1526, the initial document issued
by the Comptroller of the Exchequer that embedded the Portuguese Crown within the …

Unlike other Indian nationalists, the Goan nationalist Tristäo Bragança Cunha did not
attempt to create a monolithic nationalist formation, he celebrated hybridisation instead …

Historicamente os povos indígenas têm se articulado na luta por seus direitos frente à
comunidade. Muitos grupos, ao usarem estratégias específicas, desenvolveram processos …

6. See RJC Young, Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and race (London, 1995);
H. Bhabha, The location of Culture (London, 1994); and S. Gruzinski, la pensée métisse …

In a much-publicised event in 1928, a section of the Goan Catholics of tribal origin
reconverted to Hinduism. In this highly charged political context, the act of shuddhi framed …

Chapter 18 defines the Iberian Silk Roads as maritime networks that contributed decisively
to early modern globalisation. From the early sixteenth century, the Portuguese established …

The Colonial period of Goa, a small southwestern state of India, colonized by Portugal for
over 450 years, is often considered a period of pollution and impurity. This essay seeks to …

Indian nationalist discourses in Portuguese India have a direct relation with the political
developments in British India. I use the terms 'British India'instead of 'India'and 'Portuguese …