Nocentelli, Carmen.

Empires of Love : Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Note on Quotations and Translations -- Introduction -- 1: Perverse Implantations -- 2: The Erotic Politics of Os Lusíadas -- 3: Discipline and Love: Linschoten and the Estado da Índia -- 4: Polygamy and the Arts of Reduction -- 5: The Ideology of Interracial Romance -- 6: English Whiteness and the End of Romance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Drawing on a wide range of Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish sources, Empires of Love shows how the encounter with Asia shaped the way early modern Europeans came to define their racial and sexual identities.

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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.
Europe-Colonies-Race relations-History-16th century.
Europe-Colonies-Race relations-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

HQ18.E8N63 2013

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