D'Albuquerque's Children

Name: D'Albuquerque's Children
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Performing Tradition in Malaysia's Portuguese Settlement

Autor: Margaret Sarkissian

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When the Portuguese seafarer Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the bustling port of Malacca in 1511, h...

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Autor

Margaret Sarkissian

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engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2000

Pagini

233

EAN

9780226734996

ISBN

0226734994

Enbook ID

04867421

Editura

The University of Chicago Press

Greutate

358

Dimensiuni

154 x 228 x 15

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When the Portuguese seafarer Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the bustling port of Malacca in 1511, he effectively gained control of the entire South China Sea spice trade. Although Portuguese dominance lasted only 130 years, its legacy lies at the heart of a burgeoning tourist attraction on the outskirts of the city, in which performers who believe they are the descendants of swashbuckling Portuguese conquerors encapsulate their "history" in a cultural stage show. Using historical and ethnogrpahic data, Margaret Sarkissian reveals that this music and dance draws on an eclectic array of influences that span the Portuguese diaspora (one song conjures up images of Lucille Ball impersonating Carmen Miranda on "I Love Lucy"). Ironically, she shows, what began as a literate tradition in the 1950s has now become an oral one so deeply rooted in Settlement life that the younger generation, like the tourists, now sees it as an unbroken heritage stretching back almost 500 years. A fascinating case of "orientalism in reverse", "D'Albuquerque's Children" illuminates the creative ways in which one community has adapted to life in a post-colonial world.

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