Mecila Working Papers n° 69 - 2024 | The Porous and the Pure: An Artifactual History of Ties between Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Ajay Gandhi: The Porous and the Pure: An Artifactual History of Ties between Asia, Europe, and Latin America. São Paulo: Mecila 2024 (Working Paper Series, No. 69). The essay connects Asia, Europe, and Latin America from the 1500s to the present through three artifacts. It looks at metalwork from Goa, a 17th-century painting of an Indian slave in the Netherlands, and the Anansi spider from Caribbean folklore. These items show a shift from rigid, pure concepts to more open and connected ideas...
Source: OpenEdition (OpenEdition)
DOI: 10.58079/12eaj
Author: REGARDS CNRS
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6936764963
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