ABSTRACT
The present volume curates papers presented at an international conference organized at OUCIP to engage with the oceanic turn in different fields of knowledge embracing Social Sciences, Humanities and, Physical Sciences to project the Indian Ocean as the new frontier of research across various disciplines.
The papers are divided into four sections: The Oceanic Reach has papers reflecting on the received knowledge regarding the historical role and reach of the Indian Ocean and providing new insights in the evolving dynamics of the region.
The section on Literature and Culture has essays reflecting the different trajectories within Humanities and Cultural Studies through which Indian Ocean has stimulated the imagination of scholars, intellectuals, diasporic writers, and culture historians.
The section on Roots and Routes includes accounts of the historical, cultural, religious, trade and diasporic linkages across oceanic communities inhabiting the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean.
The final section on Power Games includes papers that deal with the increasing interests of various international powers in the Indian Ocean region particularly in the context of the shift from the Asian land mass to the enormous presence of the Indian Ocean, and the economic, political and strategic significance that it has for the entire region.
Taken together these contributions offer both an opportunity and a challenge for interested scholars to engage with Indian Ocean as a new frontier of knowledge with enormous potential for research and exploration.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|60 pages
The Oceanic Reach
chapter CHAPTER 3|16 pages
Indian Ocean after the End of the Cold War: Emerging Dimensions of a Fascinating Region
part II|84 pages
Literature and Culture
chapter CHAPTER 10|14 pages
The Hyperreal Waters of Sea of Poppies: New Perspectives in Reading Ghosh’s Fiction
part III|84 pages
Of Roots and Routes
chapter CHAPTER 13|8 pages
Islamicate World System and South Indian Muslim Trading Networks in the Medieval Indian Ocean History
chapter CHAPTER 15|10 pages
Linguistic Communities and New Historiography: Constructing a Maritime Tradition in Colonial Odisha
chapter CHAPTER 16|48 pages
Bangladesh Striving towards a Zone of Peace and Prosperity in the Indian Ocean Region
part IV|86 pages
The Power Games