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Legion of Outcasts
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The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora
Well over a million people of Sri Lankan origin live outside South Asia. The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lanka Diaspora is the first comprehensive study of the lives, culture, beliefs and attitudes of immigrants and refugees from this island. The volume is a joint publication between the Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS, and Editions Didier Millet. It focuses on the relationship between culture and economy in the Sri Lanka diaspora in the context of globalisation, increased transnational culture flows and new communication technologies. In addition to the geographic mapping of the Sri Lanka diaspora in the various continents, thematic chapters include topics on “long distance nationalism”, citizenship, Sinhala, Tamil and Burgher disapora identities, religion and the spread of Buddhism, as well as the Sri Lankan cultural impact on other nations.
Mosquito Story
For too long mosquitoes, mozzies for short, have been the subject of unjustified persecution, ridicule and scorn. They suffer the humiliation of being an evolutionary mistake, sent to torment and plague humans. Good for nothing, unwanted! Tainted by a reputation of being diseased, blood-sucking pests. This book seeks to rectify that misconception in an adventurous and humourous way. Every mozzie has a story to tell! This unique and quirky story is full of life and death, love and hate, work and fun, ups and downs, following the day-to-day adventures of a mozzie community living next to a fish pond in a suburban front yard. This book will capture your imagination and redefine the readers’ preconceptions of mosquitoes. After reading the book, you will momentarily pause and reflect, prior to swatting the next mosquito that settles on your arm.
The Bacteriocins
In recent years bacteriocins, especially colicins, have become widely known to molecular biologists as proteins with peculiar ways of killing bacteria. These same bacteriocins have been known for a long time to bacteriology for their unusual activity spectra and enormous variety. In this monograph I have attempted to bring together our detailed knowledge of those few bacteriocins which have already re ceived attention from molecular biologists, and our less detailed hut extensive knowledge of the variety of bacteriocins which exist. The field has been reviewed in whole or in part, by several authors [FREDERICQ, 1957, 1964, 1965 (2); IVANOVICS, 1962; HAMON, 1965; REEVES, 1965 (2)]. These revi...
Peter Brook
This fascinating study chronicles Peter Brook's development, concluding with some of his most recent and innovative work.
The South Asian Diaspora
This book uses the concept of transnational networks as a way to understand the South Asian diaspora. Offering a unique and original insight into the South Asian diaspora, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of South Asian studies, diaspora and cultural studies, anthropology, transnationalism and globalization.
Weaving
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History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction
This is the first collection of international scholarship on the fiction of Amitav Ghosh. Ghosh's work is read by a wide audience and is well regarded by general readers, critics, and scholars throughout the world. Born in India, Ghosh has lived in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His work spans genres from contemporary realism to historical fiction to science fiction, but has consistently dealt with the dislocations, violence, and meetings of peoples and cultures engendered by colonialism. The essays in this volume analyze Ghosh's novels in ways that yield new insights into concepts central to postcolonial and transnational studies, making important intertextual connections and foregrounding links to prevailing theoretical and speculative scholarship. The work's introduction argues that irony is central to Ghosh's vision and discusses the importance of the concepts of "testimony" and "history" to Ghosh's narratives. An invaluable interview with Amitav Ghosh discusses individual works and the author's overall philosophy.
The Good War of Consul Reeves
In 1941, John Reeves is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao. The Japanese declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca surrounded by Japanese-occupied China. Reeves finds himself the only Allied representative within thousands of miles. He runs spy rings and smuggles refugees to freedom - and this is his story.
