Indian Ocean Studies: Cultural, Social, and Political PerspectivesShanti Moorthy, Ashraf Jamal The Indian Ocean is famously referred to as the "cradle of globalization," as it facilitated cultural and economic exchanges between Africa, the Arab world, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and China, for 5000 years prior to European presence in the region. As this ocean's significance has gained increasing attention from scholars in recent years, few have examined the 'human' dimensions in Indian Ocean exchanges. Including the work of historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts, each essay in this volume addresses a specific human factor, such as the fate of the creole in the Bay of Bengal, creolization as a globalized phenomenon, migrancy and diaspora, the lives of seafarers then and now, and the lives of those who inhabit the ocean's littoral. This volume is a necessary addition to the field of Indian Ocean studies. |
Contents
Flying Carpets and Artful Politics in the Indian Ocean | |
1860circa 1880 Massina Co 57 | |
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Abdulrazak Gurnah and Littoral Cosmopolitanism | |
Gender and | |
Indian Ocean | |
LAKSHMISUBRAMANIAN 136 | |
Calcutta the Tagore Circle | |
the Idea of Asia 19001920 | |
Transformative | |
Relocations in South | |
Anthropometry and Colonialism in | |
Linschoten on Phenotype | |
Power and Beliefs in Reunion Island | |
Tourism and Creole Selffashioning | |
aboard a British ship during a Sydney demonstration against | |
The Postmortem Travels of Francis Xavier | |
Kuo Pao Kuns Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral and the Myth | |
Black | |
PostOrientalism | |
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