Creole Orientalism. D. Pedro II and Brazil in the Second Empire

This article aims at discussing the mechanisms which determined the integration of Imperial Brazil into the Orientalism movement, which was in vogue in Europe in the nineteenth Century. We focus on D. Pedro II, who was a pioneer in the study and translation of oriental languages in Brazil. From D. P...

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Main Authors: Adriano Mafra, Chistiane Stallaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2016-11-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2117