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Title: | Eyes across the water: navigating the Indian Ocean |
Editors: | Gupta, Pamila Hofmeyr, Isabel Pearson, Michael Naylor |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 396 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Indian Ocean series |
City of publisher: | Pretoria |
Publisher: | UNISA Press |
ISBN: | 1868885720; 9781868885725 |
Geographic terms: | Indian Ocean Indian Ocean islands South Africa |
Subjects: | international relations culture contact Indians history |
Abstract: | This collection of essays, which were earlier presented at a conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand from 20-23 August, 2007, asks what the Indian Ocean means now. What are the links, circuits and exchanges that both unite and divide different regions? Is there an 'idea' of the Indian Ocean? How does one factor Africa into this Ocean World? Several essays examine particular interactions between Africa and Indians who have settled there. Another theme focuses on islands in the Indian Ocean as a way to understanding key themes in Indian Ocean history. Contributors: Rosabelle Boswell, Gwynn Campbell, Ronit Frenkel, Mark Ravinder Frost, Christian Ghasarian, Amitav Ghosh, Pamila Gupta, Thomas Blom Hansen, Isabel Hofmeyr, Ashraf Jamal, Preben Kaarsholm, Stefanie Lotter, Stephen Muecke, Dan Ojwang, Michael Pearson, David Picard, Rochelle Pinto, Srilata Ravi, Meg Samuelson, Jon Soske, Lakshmi Subramanian, and Michael Titlestad. [ASC Leiden abstract] |