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The relic state: St Francis Xavier and the politics of ritual in Portuguese India (Studies in Imperialism, 111) 1st Edition

by Pamila Gupta (Author)
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This book is a study of the complex nature of colonial and missionary power in Portuguese India. Written as a historical ethnography, it explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510–1961), and for which the centrepiece was the 'incorrupt' corpse of São Francisco Xavier (1506–52), a Spanish Basque Jesuit missionary-turned-saint. Using distinct genres of source materials produced over the long duree of Portuguese colonialism, the book documents the historical and visual transformation of Xavier’s corporeal ritualisation in death through six events staged at critical junctures between 1554 and 1961. Xavier’s very mutability as a religious, political and cultural symbol in Portuguese India will also suggest his continuing role as a symbol of Goa’s shared past (for both Catholics and Hindus) and in shaping Goa’s culturally distinct representation within the larger Indian nation-state.
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  1. ISBN-10
    071909061X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0719090615
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Manchester University Press
  5. Publication date
    August 31, 2014
  6. Part of series
    Studies in Imperialism
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
  9. Print length
    280 pages
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This book is a study of the complex nature of colonial and missionary power in Portuguese India. Written as a historical ethnography, it explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place in Goa throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in India, which had as its centrepiece the ‘incorrupt’ corpse of São Francisco Xavier (1506–52), a Spanish Basque Jesuit missionary-turned-saint. Using a diverse range of source materials produced over the long duree of Portuguese colonialism in India, the book documents the historical and visual transformation of Xavier’s corporeal ritualisation in death from a small-scale religious feast arranged by Jesuit missionaries, into an elaborate celebration of Xavier’s canonisation organised jointly by church and state, and finally, into a series of ‘Solemn Expositions’ designed by colonial officials at regular centenary intervals, including the last colonial exposition of 1961 staged amidst Goa’s liberation and integration into postcolonial India.

The book focuses on six ritual events staged at critical junctures in 1554, 1624, 1782, 1859, 1952 and 1961, examining them through the use of Xaverian biographies, European travelogues, royal decrees and Jesuit letters, a state commissioned book dedicated to Xavier, Goa guidebooks, newspaper articles and medical reports among other sources. Due to its historical and anthropological breadth, it will appeal to a wide ranging readership: both those interested in Portuguese colonial history and Jesuit missionary history as well as students and academics of historical anthropology and ritual studies.

About the Author

Pamila Gupta is Senior Researcher at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manchester University Press; 1st edition (August 31, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 071909061X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0719090615
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched academic book
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This is a dense academic book, not for a general reader. It's a fascinating analysis of Goa's civic and religious culture over several centuries, based on extensive archival research.
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Very good book!
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