{"product_id":"indian-ocean-studies-cultural-social-and-political-perspectives-paperback","title":"Indian Ocean Studies: Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShanti Moorthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAshraf Jamal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamously referred to as the \"cradle of globalization,\" the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars. However, few have examined the 'human' dimensions of the ocean. In this volume, historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts each address a specific human factor in Indian Ocean exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshraf Jamal is Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, South Africa. He has published numerous essays and monographs, namely \u003cem\u003ePredicaments of Culture in South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-authored \u003cem\u003eArt in South Africa: The Future Present\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eWith Shanti Moorthy he has edited an anthology of Southeast Asian fiction. He is also a director-playwright and fiction writer. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShanti Moorthy holds a medical degree from Melbourne University and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Formerly a dancer and nattuvanar with the Melbourne based Bharatam Dance Company and freelance scriptwriter for the Bombay based Antah UTV in Malaysia, Shanti is now a consultant otolaryngologist and Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at Monash University. She co-edited the final volume of \u003cem\u003eSilverfish New Writing 7\u003c\/em\u003e in 2007 with Ashraf Jamal and is completing an MA in English Literature, situating the works of Abdulrazak Gurnah in the Indian Ocean World. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 454\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50351152333037,"sku":"9780415648479","price":126.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/YC5l9evxe49780415648479.webp?v=1785284099","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/indian-ocean-studies-cultural-social-and-political-perspectives-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}