Asias Maritime History and Identity at Cultural Crossroads [Paperback]

Maritime Asia, collectively bordered by the Pacific, Indian and Arctic Ocean, sources Asias food reserve, goods and ideas yet figures relatively lesser in global cultural production. Asias great highways and wide common of the sea function as routes for trade and commerce that underpins globalization. Due to unprecedented human trafficking at sea, the ocean has largely become a repository for plastic pollution, waste and effluents. Complex oceanic-ecosystems make it inconceivable for human beings to take stock of the interdependence of seas, earth and atmosphere, missing in context for redressal.

Maritime Asia, collectively bordered by the Pacific, Indian and Arctic Ocean, sources Asias food reserve, goods and ideas yet figures relatively lesser in global cultural production.

Dr. Sreedevi Santhosh

has been teaching for the last 19 years and currently works in the Department of English, Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in English Studies and a PG Diploma in Translation Studies and Creative Writing. She has supervised PhD dissertations on Swedish Crime Fiction, Diasporic Studies in the Malayalam context, Gender and Sexuality studies, Graphic Novels, Travel Writings in the Malayalam Context, Food Writing and Collaborative City Spaces. Her areas of interest include Regional Studies and Cultural Studies. Her writings are featured on Zabaan-e-am podcast as South Asian Writers speak. She also serves in an advisory capacity on Doctoral Research Committees and Board of Studies.

Dr. Samjaila

TH currently works as Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. She has worked as Teaching cum Research Assistant for 4 years at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore. Dr. Samjaila has done her PhD in First Nations Theatre and her pre-doctol£”