Faces of Goa : A Journey Through the History and Cultural Evolution of Goa and other Communities Influenced by the Portuguese/Karin Larsen. 1998, 507 p., map, $43.
Contents: Introduction. I. Culture: 1. Exploring the nature of culture and cultural dynamics. 2. History of the Konkan Territory known as Goa. 3. Evolution of social history and political economy of Goa. 4. Liberation: causes and consequences. 5. Communities in the old and new conquests. II. Migration: 6. Migration: processes and products. 7. Migrants in Bombay. 8. Goan migration to south: a new Mangalorean Identity and Southern Migration of the Konkanies: GSB's and Kunbis in Bangalore. III. Portuguese Influence: 9. Fort Cochin. 10. Daman. 11. Bassein fort area. 12. Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.
"Faces of Goa explores the culture and history of Goa from early records till date, with an aim to provide an exclusive historical and socio-economic study of Goa. This book is designed in such a way that before the reader reads about Goa, he/she explores and expands the very difinition of culture to view culture as a continuous process of evolution. Through this new perspective the reader then travels through Goa's past and present to experience Goa through the eyes of a sociologist. The authores thus utilises both historical records and modern-day observations to provide a more complete picture of India's 25th State in this study.
"The second section of this work then explores the process of rural-urban migration as it relates to Goa and demonstrates that migration substantially affects a community's cultural patterns and evolution. Mumbai, Mangalore, and Bangalore are the three cities chosen to explore this theme. The third section of this work details how other communities along the West Coast of India were also influenced by the presence of the Portuguese and the resulting cultural evolution of these areas." (jacket)
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