Asia’s Maritime History and Identity at Cultural Crossroads

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

Table of Contents:
1. A Travelled Genre: The Novel in Khasi Literature Badakynti Nylla Iangngap 2. Madness and Displacement in the Film Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past): A Geo- Demographic and Psychoanalytic Reading of Tropical Cyclones Shatabdi Mishra and Swaroopa Mahapatra 3. Land, Power and Politics: A Marxist Examination of the Land - Caste Nexus in Thakazhi’s Kayar and its Geopolitical Resonances P. Kalaivelmani and Arokia Immaculate Sheela S. 4. The Water Unites and the Land Divides: Exploring Chinese Maritime Migration and the Birth of Kolkata Chinatown Raymond Pao Lung Yu and Sreemoyee Sarkar 5. Kochi Water Metro: Revisiting the Economy-Ecology Paradox of Water Transportation Arya Aiyappan, Sourav Karthikeyan and Fahim Seettha 6. Inclusion of Kappal Kalaham in Mamakam Rituals: A Sea Change in Cultural Practices Nisha M. 7. Dual Identities and Cultural Negotiations: A Study of Goan Diasporic Communities, Their Challenges and Contribution in Preserving Heritage Zubaida H. and Saviro Alroy Vas 8. Spirality Motif: The Geophilosophy of the Sea in Children of the Sea Esther Susannah Rajam 9. A Journey to Redeem or Attain Redemption? : A Study of the Migration of Knanaya Community through Select Folk Songs Chitra Rohan 10. Rethinking Environmental Consciousness and Sustainable Development through New Stories and Ideologies R. Pranesh Kumar 11. Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of Kochi: A Reading of Rigo 23’s Installation in Kochi-Muziris Biennale Nimmi I. 12. Of Sea and Self: A Panpsychist Analysis of Bharatan’sAmaram Kalyani Menon and Aiswaryalakshmi M. 13. Saltwater Chronicle: Cyclonic Memory and Resilience in the Folk Ballads of the Sundarbans Vibha Sharma and Mir Masudul Hoque 14. Silent Architects: A Study on Tamil Indentured Labourers in the Maritime British Empire M. Samadhanam Emimal 15. Navigating Maritime Spaces: A Study of Fisherwomen and their Interactions in the Public Realm in Alappuzha, Kerala Indhu Vijayan and Amrutha Rinu Abraham 16. Repositioning on the Global Stage: Maritime Identity in Yukio Mishima’s the Temple of the Golden Pavilion Vasumathi M. 17. AVM Canal as Testimony of Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory Brighton A. Rose, Meshach R. S. Edwin and Merrin R. S. 18. (Re)-Visiting the Marine Industry and Maritime Simulators L. Santhosh Kumar, Thejas Gigy Thomas and Joshy Mathew 19. Colonialism at Sea: A Study of Cultural Resilience and Assimilation in Maritime Asia 104 Midhuna Mary Binu, Sreedevi Santhosh and Samjaila TH 20. When Rivers Meet the Sea: How Kerala’s Maritime Pathways Shaped the Development of Athirampuzha as an In-land Trading Centre Annah Thankam Mathew 21. Non-Human Agency and Identity in Plastic Debris: A Speculative Realistic Reading of Craig Leeson’s Documentary A Plastic Ocean Githin Gigi Mannakunnil and K. Shantichitra 22. The Tides of Change: Exploring the Intersection of Tradition and Modernity Among the Mogaveera Community Yajusha, Zubaida H. 23. Museum as Mediators: Integrating Local Histories within Archaeological Narratives at the Muziris Children’s Museum, Pattanam, Kerala Neethu Prasad 24. Navigating Morality: The Ethics and Legacy of Indian Ocean Pirates Anju Theresa Anil and Sovya Shephyr 25. Culinary Cultural Crossroads: An Introduction to Historical and Socio-Cultural Exploration of Indian Maritime Encounters in Southeast Asia Irona Bhaduri 26. Maritime Spaces: Islands as Geographies of Crime and Horror Preethi S., Pauline V. N. 27. Nautical Narratives: An Exploration from Bygone to Present Blessy R. 28. Are We Really Out of the Tragic Triad? Understanding the Dialectic of “Paracolonialism” and “Wet Globalization” through Blue Humanities Shahrukh Khan 29. A Requiem for the Ocean: Ecocritical Engagements with Plastic Pollution and Coral Bleaching Steffi Santhana Mary S. 30. Seascapes: The Ocean in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies Persara Lyngdoh 31. Legendary Mountains and Maritime Spheres: Exploring the Symbolic and Navigational Significance of Mandara, Mainak, and Meru in South Asia R. Radhika 32. Ocean Sustainability Through Storytelling: A Study of S. T. Coleridge’s Rime of The Ancient Mariner Through the Lens of Indian and Western Literary Theories Kuldipsinh D. Jadejam, Umamageshwari S. and Aarzoo Haji 33. Besieged by the Shifting Sea: Challenges Amid Ecological Change Nedha Fazli M. K. 34. Traversing Maritime Chessboard: Power Plays in the Indian Ocean Region L. Santhosh Kumar, Joshy Mathew Andi Asrifan 35. Revisiting Maritime History through the Literary Evidences of South-Asian Piracy, Terrorism and the Oceanic Combat for Capital and Power Mary Raymer, C. Madan Mohan and Punit Pathak 36. Bake-Kujira: A Study of Yōkai Myth, Cultural Historicization and Marine Conservation Uma Maheswary and Swetha S. 37. Looking at the East through the Chinese Lens: A Multidisciplinary Study of Ma Huan’s The Overall Survey of the Ocean Sahin Shah 38. The Ministry for The Future: An Eye Opener Towards The Harrowing Collapse of Climate Linju M. and A. J. Manju 39. A Single-Case Study on Resilience and Adaptation in the Children of Indian Coast Guard Personnel L. Grashya and M. John Suganya 40. Stagnant Waters and Haunting Bodies: A Study of Hydro Terror in Enmakaje through Ambika SuthanMangad’sEndosulfan: NilavilikalAvasanikkunnilla Aathira A. S. 41. Navigating Time and Tide: A Cultural Documentation of Maritime Ethnography and Social Transformation in Joe D’ Cruz’s Korkai C. Amutha Charu Sheela and Raghavi Priya 42. Coral Harmony: Implementing SDGs for Healthy Trade in Southeast Asia through Coastal Communities Karthick S., Merrin Antony and Shanantha T. 43. Gender Intersectionality with Cultural History and Blue Ecocriticism in Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women Iflah Munaf Sathoo 44. Lord of the Flies Revisited: An Examination of Human Nature through Adolescent Conflict on a Deserted Island Deepikha B. and V. M. Saranya 45. Ocean as a Metaphor for Identity and Transformation in Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi Sruthi K. M., Akhila Variyar and Jerrin Jose 46. Calicut and the Spice Routes: Maritime Power, Cultural Exchange, and the Legacy of the Zamorins in Asia’s Oceanic History Aryamol K. B. 47. The Seafaring Heroes and a Damsel in Distress: The Shared Maritime Experiences of the Lived and the Imagined in S.P. Jananathan’sIyarkai Sathish Kumar R., Ajit I. and Masilamani C. 48. Between Tides and Tigers: Displacement, Survival, and Cultural Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide D. N. P. Prema Ponmani and Alphy Maria M.A. 49. Beneath the Tide: Maritime Literature and the Hideous Mystery of “Black Water: Abyss” (2020) Simna P. S. and Thejas Gigy Thomas 50. Chords of the Ocean: Unveiling Maritime Identity through Musicscape in Carsten Jensen’s We, the Drowned S. Gomathi and K. Shruthi 51. Connoted Waters: Under- standing Transcorporeality through Select Kurunthokai Poem of Neidal Thinai in Sangam Literature of Tamil Nadu A. Celin Raichel Sarona and T. David Jeyaraj Franklin 52. The Role of Women in Maritime Trade and Labour in Tamil Nadu’s Coastal Border: A Gender Intersectional Perspective within Maritime Activities Priyadarshini S., M. Rajalakshmi and Ben J. Milton 53. Building Resistance: Water Feminism in Eeram N. Ravikumar, M. Manjula and M. Lavanya 54. The Coastal Economy versus the Agrarian Economy of South Tamil Nadu: Geopolitical and Ecocritical Reflections on Ocean Rimmed World Mizpah R. and Prabahar S. 55. Islands of Flavor: The Interplay of Aqua Pelagic Assemblage and Culinary Currents in South Korea’s The Island of Sea Women N. Archana and V. M. Saranya 56. The Mythical World of Legendary Beasts and Celestial Protectors in Asian Oceanic Lore Kiruthick V. A. and M. John Suganya 57. Masculine Seas and Feminine Demons: Maritime Myths and Gender Dynamics in Tiya Chatterjee’s Horrors of The Sea Shameeha S. and V. P Anvar Sadhath 58. Potato to Protato: How the European Maritime Expedition Re-imagined the Indian Foodscape with GM Cultivars Daisy Roshan Rebera

About the Author :
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-doctoral degree in Emerging Literature from the North East India. To her credits, she has published articles in reputed International journals and contributed articles in edited books on Native theatre, Ecosophy, Diaspora studies, Trauma Studies and Subaltern studies. Her area of interest include- Folktales and folklore, narrative non- fiction and oceanic studies. Preethi S is a faculty at the Department of English, Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. She is a PhD candidate in the School of Liberal Studies at CMR University, Bengaluru. Her primary area of research examines the collectivization of National Memory in archiving and documenting Japanese imperialism and its impact on Asian narratives of war. Her area of interests includes dystopian fiction, Gender Studies and Film Studies. Dr Steffi Santhana Mary is an Assistant Professor of English at Kristu Jayanti Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, where she excels as a dedicated researcher and theatre practitioner. Her academic and creative pursuits centre on Historiography, Memory Studies, and Indigenous Theatre Studies, with a growing focus on Film Studies. Steffi’s research explores the intersections of historical narratives, collective memory, and cultural identity in indigenous theatrical traditions, examining how these art forms preserve and reinterpret the past. Her work in Film Studies complements this, analysing cinematic representations of history and identity through a critical lens. With a strong foundation in literary and cultural theories, she brings nuanced perspectives to her teaching and performances, enriching both academic discourse and artistic practice in these fields. Dr. Uma Maheswary is a distinguished academician with over 16 years of extensive experience spanning teaching, training, academic administration, and student mentorship. She currently serves as the faculty of the Department of English at Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. Her scholarly interests encompass Literary Theory and Criticism, African Literature, Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial Studies, and English Language Teaching. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in English Literature (Fiction) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. A prolific contributor to the field, she has published extensively in journals indexed in Scopus, WoS, UGC Care, and other peer-reviewed platforms, reflecting her robust research orientation. She has served as a resource person for faculty development programs and workshops and has played a pivotal role in curriculum design and academic governance across various institutions in India. Dr. L. Santhosh Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India. He has received three Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the reputed Universities and Institutes. He has presented 51 papers at State, National, International Conferences around the globe. He has published 45 research articles in National and International Journals, which are peer-reviewed, indexed in Scopus and also in books with ISBNs. He has also edited numerous books. He is in the Editorial Board of Literary Journals, which are peer-reviewed and Indexed in Scopus. He has delivered 185 talks at Workshops, Webinars and National and International Conferences around the globe.