Flight of the Deities
Hindu Resistance in Portuguese Goa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3645604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Axelrod (Ripon College, corresponding author), Michelle A Fuerch (Ripon College) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 387-421 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x00016516 |
| OpenAlex | W2117555872 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 22 |
As the capital of theEstado da India, the Portuguese colonial empire in Asia and East Africa, Goa was subjected to a blizzard of policies designed at once to transform and fossilize life there. Desiring to preserve much of the precolonial village economic structure, yet determined to force their Goan subjects to total conversion to Catholicism, the Portuguese created policies that had a dramatic impact on Goan culture and identity. The focus of this article will be on the Hindu resistance to the policies that were appiled by the colonial regime and its role in the shaping of the regional culture: in the face of over-whelming physical force, direct defiance revealed itself primarily in the religious life of Hindu Goa as archival records of the Portuguese rule and temple histories demonstrate. Even formsof religious syncretism that are pervasive in Catholic Goa and might initially be perceived as indications of the success of Portuguese repressive and discriminatory policies represent a subtle pattern of 'everday resistnce' and are not simply the blending of Portuguese Catholic and Hindu cultures
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| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |