SOLDES
Jusqu'à -70% sur une sélection d'articles*
The Firingees of Bangladesh : Colonial Encounters, Eurasian Identity and the History of Christian Culture (1500–2025)
Par :Formats :
Disponible dans votre compte client Decitre ou Furet du Nord dès validation de votre commande. Le format ePub est :
- Compatible avec une lecture sur My Vivlio (smartphone, tablette, ordinateur)
- Compatible avec une lecture sur liseuses Vivlio
- Pour les liseuses autres que Vivlio, vous devez utiliser le logiciel Adobe Digital Edition. Non compatible avec la lecture sur les liseuses Kindle, Remarkable et Sony
, qui est-ce ?Notre partenaire de plateforme de lecture numérique où vous retrouverez l'ensemble de vos ebooks gratuitement
Pour en savoir plus sur nos ebooks, consultez notre aide en ligne ici
C'est si simple ! Lisez votre ebook avec l'app Vivlio sur votre tablette, mobile ou ordinateur :
- FormatePub
- ISBN8233794155
- EAN9798233794155
- Date de parution01/02/2026
- Protection num.pas de protection
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurLinda Balsamo
Résumé
The Firingees of Bangladesh: Colonial Encounters, Eurasian Identity and the History of Christian Culture (1500-2025)By Prof. Dr. Milton BiswasFrom the arrival of Portuguese sailors in the sixteenth century to the hidden legacies of Eurasian Christian communities in modern Bangladesh, The Firingees of Bangladesh offers the first full historical and cultural reconstruction of one of South Asia's most overlooked peoples.
The term "Firingee"-once used to describe European outsiders, mixed-race Christians, traders, interpreters, and colonial intermediaries-reveals a unique world of hybridity, migration, faith and identity negotiation across five centuries. In this groundbreaking study, Prof. Dr. Milton Biswas traces the emergence of Eurasian Christian communities in Bengal, exploring how Portuguese encounters shaped new cultural formations at the crossroads of Asia and Europe.
Drawing on archival research, oral histories, missionary records, and postcolonial memory, the book uncovers forgotten histories of Christian culture, creole languages, mercantile networks and marginal lives. This volume explores: The origins and meanings of the term Firingee Portuguese maritime expansion and colonial encounters in Bengal The formation of Eurasian Christian communities and hybrid identities Creole languages, cultural adaptation and social belonging Christianity's interaction with Bengali religious worlds Economic roles in ports, trade and colonial labor systems Decline under British imperial restructuring The Partition of 1947 and Eurasian identity crisis The survival of Firingee descendants in postcolonial Bangladesh Archival recovery and rewriting plural national histories The Firingees of Bangladesh is essential reading for scholars and readers of South Asian history, colonial studies, religious history, Eurasian identity, Christian cultural heritage and Bangladeshi pluralism.
A landmark contribution to global Bengali historiography and subaltern Christian studies.
The term "Firingee"-once used to describe European outsiders, mixed-race Christians, traders, interpreters, and colonial intermediaries-reveals a unique world of hybridity, migration, faith and identity negotiation across five centuries. In this groundbreaking study, Prof. Dr. Milton Biswas traces the emergence of Eurasian Christian communities in Bengal, exploring how Portuguese encounters shaped new cultural formations at the crossroads of Asia and Europe.
Drawing on archival research, oral histories, missionary records, and postcolonial memory, the book uncovers forgotten histories of Christian culture, creole languages, mercantile networks and marginal lives. This volume explores: The origins and meanings of the term Firingee Portuguese maritime expansion and colonial encounters in Bengal The formation of Eurasian Christian communities and hybrid identities Creole languages, cultural adaptation and social belonging Christianity's interaction with Bengali religious worlds Economic roles in ports, trade and colonial labor systems Decline under British imperial restructuring The Partition of 1947 and Eurasian identity crisis The survival of Firingee descendants in postcolonial Bangladesh Archival recovery and rewriting plural national histories The Firingees of Bangladesh is essential reading for scholars and readers of South Asian history, colonial studies, religious history, Eurasian identity, Christian cultural heritage and Bangladeshi pluralism.
A landmark contribution to global Bengali historiography and subaltern Christian studies.
