LISBOA : PORTO ASIÁTICO (SÉCULOS XVI E XVII)里斯本：通往亞洲的港口 (十六，十七世紀)
The article analyzes how Lisbon was historically imagined, described, and represented between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a "port/gateway to Asia" for Europe. It argues that the city functioned as a device of planetary mediation—an "emporium" and "oriental bazaar"—in which the central...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40046/2392 |
| Summary: | The article analyzes how Lisbon was historically imagined, described, and represented between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a "port/gateway to Asia" for Europe. It argues that the city functioned as a device of planetary mediation—an "emporium" and "oriental bazaar"—in which the centrality of the Tagus and of Portuguese maritime-mercantile circuits enabled the consolidation of an image of imperial capital and showcase of the world's novelties. The research proceeds through a historiographical and documentary reading of coeval testimonies (correspondence, epistles, accounts, and works on urban grandeur), articulating eulogistic eloquence with the discursive construction of circulation networks. The analysis further considers the spatialization of this urban experience, highlighting the Ribeira das Naus and the Rua Nova dos Mercadores, as well as the presence of the "world" at Court and in the churches. It concludes that the representation of Lisbon as an Asian entrepôt is not limited to the economic register: it produces new sensory and cultural patterns, integrating products, people, and practices that arrived and spread from the port. Thus, the "entry" of Asia into Europe is simultaneously material, social, and rhetorical. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |