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Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies (PLCS) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal that publishes original research related to the literatures and cultures of the diverse communities of the Portuguese-speaking world from a broad range of academic, critical and theoretical approaches.

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Current IssuePLCS 42 (2024)

Published May 14, 2025

Published: 2025-05-14

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Mapping the Public Rituals of the Portuguese Empire
Edited by Joana Fraga, Isabel Corrêa da Silva, and Lisa Voigt

Present in all spaces of the Portuguese empire—which in the early modern period extended to four continents—public rituals offer a unique lens to compare cultural and political practices in different geographies, and to study their transmission and transformation on a global scale. This special issue gathers articles that analyze and compare public rituals—including royal acclamations, solemn entries, religious processions, and autos-da-fé—in various areas of the Portuguese empire, from Lisbon to Macau and Goa in Asia; Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil; and Luanda in Africa. With a focus on the spatial dimensions of ritual and the ethnic... More

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Articles

Mapear os Rituais Públicos no Império Português: Nota Introdutória
JOANA FRAGA , ISABEL CORRÊA DA SILVA
1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/1ntn9j11
Abrindo os Muros e as Entranhas: Espaço e Corpo nas Entradas Régias Portuguesas (Séculos XVI-XVIII)
ANDRÉ GODINHO
11-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/h85yqj91
Ritual Encounters in Sixteenth-Century Brazil: The Spiritual Politics of Baptism, Plant Use, and Healing in Jesuit Missionary Writings
JESSICA RUTHERFORD
31-59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/827qz285
Tradition and Function in the Autos-da-fé of the Goa Inquisition
MIGUEL RODRIGUES LOURENÇO , SUSANA BASTOS MATEUS
60-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/qbn8y973
Magestosa, Misteriosa, e Notável: The Acclamation of Dom João IV in Macau in 1642
LIAM MATTHEW BROCKEY
85-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/6d0xs271
Hierarquias Sociais e Disciplina Religiosa em Macau a Partir da Observação de Rituais na Cidade pelas Autoridades Chinesas (Séculos XVII-XVIII)
KEVIN CARREIRA SOARES
108-125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/rncw7j03
Os “Pretos” e “Pardos” nas Festas Reais do Circuito Atlântico: Os Casos de Lisboa, Luanda e Rio de Janeiro (Segunda Metade do Século XVIII)
ROBERTA MARTINELLI E BARBOSA
126-155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/4br3bz70
A Procissão de Corpus Christi no Espaço e no Tempo. Rio de Janeiro (1759-1828)
BEATRIZ CATÃO CRUZ SANTOS
156-180
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/r51kxm07
Mapping the Public Rituals of the Portuguese Empire: Afterword
LISA VOIGT, MIGUEL A. VALERIO
181-185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/2pads016

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