Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)

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Autor(a) principal: Vacha, Andrea
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n12.24950
Resumo: In the tense political scenario between, on the one hand, the Scramble for Africa and British ultimatum seen as a humiliation by many Portuguese and, on the other, the regicide and the end of the monarchy, in a context where the new technologies applied to communication were increasing the reach and popularity of messages and information, the capture and the arrival of the “wild king” to the metropolis generated a vast variety of iconographic production. The body aesthetics, the ankle rings and the waxwork crown became symbolic elements of the otherness represented by Gungunhana throughout decades. The king remained undoubtedly the most famous black person in the Portuguese Empire until the 1960s and the popularity he gained, before and after the capture in Chaimite, made him a true prism of different representations of the “Other”. His iconography can reveal a lot about the mentality of the times and successive contexts of production and reception.
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spelling Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)Iconografia de Gungunhana: representações do rei negro em Portugal (1890-1940)Gungunhanacolonialismo portuguêsMoçambiqueracismoGungunhanaPortuguese colonialismMozambiqueracismIn the tense political scenario between, on the one hand, the Scramble for Africa and British ultimatum seen as a humiliation by many Portuguese and, on the other, the regicide and the end of the monarchy, in a context where the new technologies applied to communication were increasing the reach and popularity of messages and information, the capture and the arrival of the “wild king” to the metropolis generated a vast variety of iconographic production. The body aesthetics, the ankle rings and the waxwork crown became symbolic elements of the otherness represented by Gungunhana throughout decades. The king remained undoubtedly the most famous black person in the Portuguese Empire until the 1960s and the popularity he gained, before and after the capture in Chaimite, made him a true prism of different representations of the “Other”. His iconography can reveal a lot about the mentality of the times and successive contexts of production and reception.No tenso cenário político entre, por um lado, a partilha de África e a humilhação do Ultimato britânico e, por outro, o regicídio e o fim da monarquia, num contexto onde as novas tecnologias de comunicação vinham aumentar o alcance e a popularidade das informações e das mensagens, a captura do “rei selvagem” e a sua vinda para a metrópole deram origem a uma produção iconográfica em variados suportes. A estética corporal, os anéis nos tornozelos e a coroa de cera tornaram-se elementos simbólicos da alteridade representada por Gungunhana ao longo de décadas. O rei foi sem dúvida o negro mais famoso do Império Português até aos anos 60 e a popularidade que ganhou, antes e depois da captura em Chaimite, fez dele um verdadeiro prisma das diferentes representações do “Outro”. A sua iconografia pode revelar muito sobre a mentalidade das épocas e dos sucessivos contextos de produção e receção.Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa2021-07-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n12.24950https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n12.24950Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; No. 12 (2021); 53-93Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; N.º 12 (2021); 53-932183-590Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/24950https://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/24950/18450Copyright (c) 2021 Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Pastinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVacha, Andrea2023-04-15T05:24:43Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/24950Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:49:25.125270Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
Iconografia de Gungunhana: representações do rei negro em Portugal (1890-1940)
title Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
spellingShingle Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
Vacha, Andrea
Gungunhana
colonialismo português
Moçambique
racismo
Gungunhana
Portuguese colonialism
Mozambique
racism
title_short Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
title_full Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
title_fullStr Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
title_full_unstemmed Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
title_sort Iconography of Gungunhana: representations of the black king in Portugal (1890-1940)
author Vacha, Andrea
author_facet Vacha, Andrea
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vacha, Andrea
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gungunhana
colonialismo português
Moçambique
racismo
Gungunhana
Portuguese colonialism
Mozambique
racism
topic Gungunhana
colonialismo português
Moçambique
racismo
Gungunhana
Portuguese colonialism
Mozambique
racism
description In the tense political scenario between, on the one hand, the Scramble for Africa and British ultimatum seen as a humiliation by many Portuguese and, on the other, the regicide and the end of the monarchy, in a context where the new technologies applied to communication were increasing the reach and popularity of messages and information, the capture and the arrival of the “wild king” to the metropolis generated a vast variety of iconographic production. The body aesthetics, the ankle rings and the waxwork crown became symbolic elements of the otherness represented by Gungunhana throughout decades. The king remained undoubtedly the most famous black person in the Portuguese Empire until the 1960s and the popularity he gained, before and after the capture in Chaimite, made him a true prism of different representations of the “Other”. His iconography can reveal a lot about the mentality of the times and successive contexts of production and reception.
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