Lusofonia and Its Futures

by João Cezar De Castro Rocha (Editor)

Overview

Lusofonia and Its Futures is a richly textured collection of essays on the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, which comprises more than 240 million people in eight countries on four continents. The notion of Lusofonia encompasses the cultural identities generated by Portuguese speakers with shared as well as divergent histories. This volume presents a nuanced and critical study of the concept and history of Lusofonia from a variety of theoretical approaches. In addition to focusing on this theme, Lusofonia and Its Futures includes fiction in translation by writers from several countries in the Lusophone world as well as scholarly essays on such topics as the reception of the English novel in Brazilian literature and of Fernando Pessoa in Brazil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933227436
Publisher:	Tagus Press
Publication date:	08/13/2013
Series:	Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies , #25
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and Researcher at the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa Científica (CNPq). He is the author or editor of more than 25 books.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Lusofonia—A Concept and Its Discontents — João Cezar de Castro Rocha
LUSOFONIA AND ITS FUTURES
Asymmetric Cultural Flows and Community Reflections — Benjamin Abdala Junior; translated by Alexander R. Luz
Lusofonia, Language Policies, and the Formation of Nation-States: Mozambique — Bethania Mariani; translated by Beatriz Caldas
“Ex-Centric” Lusofonias: On Remembered Language and Its Possible Futures in Portuguese-American Culture — Christopher Larkosh
Lusofonia: From Infancy to Necrology, or The Peregrinations of a Floating Signifier — Luís Madureira
The Orthographic (Dis)Agreement and the Portuguese Identity Threat — Michelly Carvalho and Rosa Cabecinhas
Lusofonia and Eternal Empire: Notes from the Sixteenth Century — Vincent Barletta
Inside/Outside Lusofonia: The Case of Goa
Joana Passos—Alternative Global Mappings
Sandra Ataíde Lobo—These Languages That Separate Us
Constantino Xavier—Goa as India's Hub to the Lusosphere
Duarte Drumond Braga—Lost Dialogues, Uncertain Genealogies
ESSAYS
Fernando Pessoa Crosses the Atlantic — Walnice Nogueira Galvão; translated by Robert B. F. Stuart
British Novels in Nineteenth-Century Brazil — Sandra Guardini Teixeira Vasconcelos
REVIEWS
Greg A. Mullins on João Almino, The Book of Emotions
Pedro Meira Monteiro on José Miguel Wisnik, Veneno remédio: O futebol e o Brasil—Roots of the Twenty-first Century; translated by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux
Richard Simas on Gonçalo M. Tavares
Sandra Guerreiro Dias on Lídia Jorge, A noite das mulheres cantoras
Tania Martuscelli on Márcia Valéria Zamboni Gobbi, A ficcionalização da história—Mito e paródia na narrativa portuguesa contemporânea
FICTION AND INTERVIEW
A Portrait of the Author as a Reader — Evando Nascimento; translated by Anthony Lennard
The Story as Question Mark: An Interview with Portuguese Writer Jacinto Lucas Pires — Millicent Borges Accardi
L — Jacinto Lucas Pires; translated by Patricia Odber de Baubeta
The Extreme Hour — Mario Araujo; translated by Alison Entrekin