Banishment and Belonging - Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon

A ground-breaking exploration of exile and diaspora as they relate to place, language, religious tradition, literature and the imagination.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Diasporic crossing: Malay writing in nineteenth-century Ceylon; 3. Remembering Java; 4. 'Ceyloned': the view from the other shore; 5. Exilic journeys in time, place and writing; 6. Nabi Adam: the paradigmatic exile; 7. Banishment and inter-religious encounters: a Malay Ramayana; 8. Ceylon Malays: military and literary paths; 9. Malay writing in Ceylon: roots and routes; Glossary.

About the author

Ronit Ricci is Sternberg-Tamir Chair in Comparative Cultures at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Australian National University. She is the author of the multiple-prize-winning Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arab Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia (2011).

Summary

This is a study of exile and diaspora - and their multiple manifestations across religions, language worlds, and time - as they relate to the island known as Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon. Utilising a rich array of sources, including Malay manuscripts and Javanese chronicles, Ricci explores entwined histories and imaginings of displacement.

Product details

• Authors: Ronit Ricci, Ronit (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Ricci, Ricci Ronit
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108727242
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72724-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Asian Connections; Asian Connections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sri Lanka, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, India, Literary studies: general, Asian History, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Javanese, Malay (Bahasa Malaysia)