Indian seafarers and other activists, 1945, reenact their small boat pursuit of Dutch ship to call on crews to mutiny. Scene from Indonesia Calling, courtesy Heritage Films.

Published: 2009-12-04

Editorial

Table of Contents

Transforming Cultures
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'Ocean of Stories': an introduction

Devleena Ghosh, Lola Sharon Davidson
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Articles

Reflections on the History of the Indian Ocean: the sources and their relation to local practices and global connectivities

Anne K. Bang
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Communication in the Early Modern Indian Ocean World

Michael Pearson
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“Courageous but insolent”: African soldiers in the Dutch East Indies as seen by Dutch officials and Indonesian neighbours

Ineke van Kessel
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Adrift on the Ocean: a study of K.S. Maniam’s displaced characters

Susan Philip
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The Evolution Of ‘Malay’ Labour Activism, 1870-1947: protest among pearling crews in Dutch East Indies-Australian waters

Julia Martinez
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“Indian Ocean News”: Indian Challenges To Australian Racialised Media

Heather Goodall
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Print Media Representations Of An Unusual Health Event: Chikungunya virus, risk and identity on Réunion Island

Philip Weinstein, Srilata Ravi
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Reflections

Mirroring Modernity: on consumerism in cosmopolitan Zanzibar

Jeremy Prestholdt
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