Goa and Portugal : Their Cultural Links

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Goa and Portugal and their Various Cultural Relations: 1. Socio-cultural life in Goa during 16th century/P.P. Shirodkar. 2. The impact of Portuguese culture on Goa: a myth or a reality?/Fatima da Silva Gracias. 3. A lasting cultural legacy: the role of the society of Jesus in reforming Goan society/Charles J. Borges. 4. Conversion as a means to cultural adaptation: the catechumens of Betim in the 18th century/M. de Jesus dos Martires Lopes. 5. Present day administration in Goa/Oscar Pereira. II. Goa in its Contacts with Japan and Mozambique: 6. The image of India in the history of the church in Japan by Joao Rodrigues, S.J./Helmut Feldmann. 7. Relations between Japan and Goa in the 16th and 17th centuries/Takashi Gonoi. 8. Intercultural links between Goa and Mozambique in their colonial and contemporary history: literary Mozambiquean traces/Manfred F. Prinz.

III. Art, Architecture, Music and Numismatics: 9. Connecting histories: Portuguese Music in renaissance Goa/Victor A. Coelho. 10. Goan and Christian architecture of the 16th century/Antonio N. Pereira. 11. Old Goa in the context of Indian heritage/Percival Noronha. 12. Evolution of Bazarucos of Portuguese India: their classifications, and an unpublished value of 1748/Fenelon Rebello. IV. Goa-Portugal Ties as Reflected in Literature: 13. The Portuguese in the Goan folklore/Teotonio R. de Souza. 14. Desassossego in Luso-Indian Goan poetry/George V. Coelho. 15. Influence of Portuguese language and culture of Daman/Athos Fernandes. 16. 16 March 1554: reflections of a mid-sixteenth century scene in Goa/Engelbert Jorissen. 17. From peregrination to pilgrimage: Tabucchi's Notturno Indiano/Thomas Strater. 18. Goa in the novel O Signo da Ira by Orlando da Costa/Helmut Siepmann. 19. Antam de Proenca's Tamil-Portuguese Dictionary, printed in India 1679/Thomas Malten. 20. Dravidian borrowings from Portuguese (Kannada and Telugu)/Dieter B. Kapp. 21. An afterword: the churches of Goa--world heritage programme of UNESCO/Michael Jansen. Bibliography. Index.

"Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links is a collection of twenty-one papers presented at an international symposium on the theme "Intercultural Relations: Portugal and Goa" (Relacoes Interculturais Portugal Goa) held at the University of Cologne (Germany) between 29 May and 1 June 1996. It was organized by the Centro Mundo Lusofono and the Instituto de Fstudos Portugueses e Brasileiros (University of Cologne) and those who took part in it included delegates from Germany, Portugal, India, the United States and Canada. The proceedings were conducted in English and Portuguese.

"The papers in this book have been grouped together under four main themes; Goa and Portugal and their various cultural relations; Goa in its contacts with Japan and Mozambique; Art, architecture, music and numismatics and Goa-Portugal ties as reflected in literature. These offer a rich fare on how Portugal has had a deep influence on the culture of Goa in particular and how through Goa it moved further afield in Asia.

"This book was made possible by a special financial grant by the Fundacao Oriente (Lisbon)." (jacket)