Print, Preformance, Manuscripts…and Print - Changing Strategies of Jesuit Missionary Propaganda in 16th - 18th C. Kerala Kerala (KCHR Occasional Paper Series Vol.III)

Book Summary:

The paper explores the relation between the printed word and performative art-forms on one hand and the motivations of early European missionary activity in Kerala. It looks closely at the evolving readership as well as the conditions of production and circulation of missionary literature, and its impact on the languages of the region.