Distinguishing and hierarchizing

missionary narratives and mestisms in Portuguese Asia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1645-2259_23-1_8

Keywords:

Portuguese Asia, social hierarchization, missionary narratives, mestizaje

Abstract

The central objective of the present article is to analyze the processes of classifications and hierarchizations of social groups and individuals belonging to the Portuguese Asian Empire. Based on missionary narratives written between the 16th and 17th centuries, I seek to understand how the formation of a mestizo Society - whether by biological and/or cultural means - in Asian spaces ended up shaping the practice and discourse about the local, mestizo and Portuguese populations who lived there.

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Published

2023-06-27

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Caderno Temático

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