Spirits and Ships : Cultural Transfers in Early Monsoon Asia
Alexandra Landmann (Editor), R. Blench (Editor), Andrea Acri (Editor), Project Muse
This volume seeks to foreground a "borderless" history and geography of South, Southeast, and East Asian littoral zones that would be maritime-focused, and thereby explore the ancient connections and dynamics of interaction that favoured the encounters among the cultures found throughout the region stretching from the Indian Ocean littorals to the Western Pacific, from the early historical period to the present. Transcending the artificial boundaries of macro-regions and nation-states, and trying to bridge the arbitrary divide between (inherently cosmopolitan) "high" cultures (e.g. Sanskritic
eBook, English, 2017
ISEAS, Singapore, 2017