Small Bursts of Sharp Laughter
The Form and Content of Satire in Jacob e Dulce
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11487486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Melo E Castro (0000-0002-3711-7726, corresponding author), Paul Melo e Castro Paul Melo e Castro |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Portuguese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-5315 • E-ISSN: 2222-4270 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5699/portstudies.28.1.0032 |
| OpenAlex | W2476512717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Jacob e Dulce by Francisco João da Costa (better known by his pen name, Gip) was first published in book form in 1896 after serialization in the Goan newspaper O Ultramar. A stinging depiction of an arranged marriage between members of the native Catholic elite, the work achieved great success with the readers of its day, caused no little scandal amongst the same, and has passed into history as perhaps the most popular and influential work in Portuguese to have emerged in Asia. This article analyses for the first time Jacob e Dulce's often-assumed generic status, arguing that the form and content of Gip's work is tailored to the situation of Goa at the time he was writing and provides a double-satire (Palmeri, 1990) spearing colonized and colonizer alike, one that can be read as ‘pre-postcolonial’ (Sousa Santos, 2002)
Arranged Marriage · Art · Content (measure theory · Depiction · Elite · Laughter · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Portuguese · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |