Regional Drift: Remapping Africa’s Southern Oceans (Ocean and Island Studies)

By: Pamila Gupta and Caio Simões de Araújo

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Synopsis: This book examines the Southern Indian Ocean corridor as a geographic, geological, and atmospheric space, taking a critical oceanic humanities approach while never losing sight of the land and water interface.Using a range of disciplinary approaches and materials, Gupta and de Araújo hydrate territorial and land-based imaginations of the Southern African region by conceptualizing its oceanicity as a fluid and more than human materiality, synthetic situation, and geopolitical nexus. With a diverse set of case studies, they explore a variety of conceptual framings and methodologies, including science-technology-society studies, tourism and heritage studies, history, and international relations (IRs) – among others. The contributors cover a complex and vast imaginative geography, cross-cutting Portuguese, German, and British colonial traces in the region, and exploring land, water, and submerged spaces, from coastal towns and bridges to islands and archipelagos.A fresh approach to thinking about Atlantic and Indian Ocean coastlines in a relational and scalar manner for scholars across a range of disciplines focussed on Southern Africa.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040131589
Related ISBNs:: 9781040131541, 9781032727882, 9781003422648
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/05/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Pamila Gupta and Caio Simões de Araújo
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Pamila Gupta
Edited by:: Caio Simões de Araújo