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<journal-id>2184-5263</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[População e Sociedade]]></journal-title>
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<issn>2184-5263</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[CEPESE - Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Os Portugueses no Sudeste Asiático (séculos XVI-XVII) - Revisitações historiográficas ou a persistência do &#8220;império informal&#8221;]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Teixeira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vitor]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Fernando Pessoa Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais ]]></institution>
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<country>Portugal</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CEPESE - Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade  ]]></institution>
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<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<numero>44</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>27</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2184-52632025000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2184-52632025000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2184-52632025000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O presente artigo visa analisar criticamente a persistência da influência portuguesa em Timor e Solor após o colapso do Estado da Índia no Sudeste Asiático, no século XVII. Desafiando a narrativa tradicional de um declínio terminal após a perda de Malaca (1641), este estudo propõe o conceito de um "império por delegação", ou &#8220;império informal&#8221;. Argumenta-se que a soberania portuguesa na região foi, de facto, delegada a uma potência local e crioulizada, os Topasses ("Portugueses Negros"), que operavam com base nos seus próprios interesses. Por meio de uma análise que integra o conceito de "império informal" de Leonard Y. Andaya com as perspetivas indigenistas de Hans Hägerdal, o artigo demonstra que a força destes agentes híbridos emanava da sua capacidade de manipular múltiplas fontes de legitimidade - a europeia e a local. A análise conclui que a influência dos Topasses foi não só o mecanismo de sobrevivência de Portugal na região, mas também a matriz que forjou a identidade cultural e política única de Timor-Leste, oferecendo uma visão mais descentralizada e matizada da natureza adaptativa do império português. Revisitaremos ainda o meritório trabalho de António Manuel Hespanha (2019), Os Filhos da Terra, como revisitação sintética da historiografia portuguesa sobre as identidades mestiças no império português, em especial no longínquo Sudeste Asiático.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article aims to critically analyze the persistence of Portuguese influence in Timor and Solor after the collapse of the State of India in Southeast Asia in the 17th century. Challenging the traditional narrative of a terminal decline after the loss of Malacca (1641), this study proposes the concept of an "empire by delegation," or "informal empire." It argues that Portuguese sovereignty in the region was, in fact, delegated to a local and creolized power, the Topasses ("Black Portuguese"), who operated based on their own interests. Through an analysis that integrates Leonard Y. Andaya's concept of "informal empire" with Hans Hägerdal's indigenist perspectives, the article demonstrates that the strength of these hybrid agents stemmed from their ability to manipulate multiple sources of legitimacy - both European and local. The analysis concludes that the influence of the Topasses was not only Portugal's survival mechanism in the region, but also the matrix that forged the unique cultural and political identity of Timor-Leste, offering a more decentralized and nuanced view of the adaptive nature of the Portuguese empire. We will also revisit the meritorious work of António Manuel Hespanha (2019), Os Filhos da Terra (The Children of the Land), as a synthetic revisiting of Portuguese historiography on mixed-race identities in the Portuguese empire, especially in distant Southeast Asia.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[História Luso-Asiática]]></kwd>
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