Title Empires of love : Europe, Asia, and the making of early modern identity / Carmen Nocentelli

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations Series EBL-Schweitzer JSTOR EBA Contents Introduction -- Perverse Implantations -- The Erotic Politics of Os Lusíadas -- Discipline and Love -- Polygamy and the Arts of Reduction -- The Ideology of Interracial Romance -- English Whiteness and the End of Romance Summary Drawing on a wide range of Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish sources, this book shows how the encounter with Asia shaped the way early modern Europeans came to define their racial and sexual identities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-247) and index Notes In English Subject Sex customs -- Europe -- History -- 16th century Sex customs -- Europe -- History -- 17th century Sex customs -- South Asia -- History -- 16th century Sex customs -- South Asia -- History -- 17th century Europeans -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 16th century Europeans -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 17th century South Asians -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 16th century South Asians -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 17th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General. Race relations Sex customs South Asians -- Ethnic identity SUBJECT Europe -- Colonies -- Race relations -- History -- 16th century Europe -- Colonies -- Race relations -- History -- 17th century Subject Europe South Asia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012030906 ISBN 0812207777 9780812207774

Other Titles Europe, Asia, and the making of early modern identity

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