ISBN: 9781108727242 - banishment and belonging: exile and diaspora in sarandib, lanka and ceylon (asian connections) (8 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: As New. Cambridge, 2019; illustrated paper covers; minimal shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on title page; Interior is clean and unmarked; 282 pages.

8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xiv + 282, illus with b&w maps (no inscriptions).

Paperback. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. In nearly new condition: bright, crisp and clean with strong joints and sharp corners, just a minor discolouration to the top edge. Hence a small publisher 'damaged' stamp at the prelims. Nonetheless not showing any defects. Looks and feels unread. Thus a very nice copy, firm, square and tight, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price.…

Zustand: New. pp. 289.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Summary:"Lanka, Ceylon, Sarandib: merely three disparate names for a single island? Perhaps. Yet the three diverge in the historical echoes, literary cultures, maps and memories they evoke. Names that have intersected and overlapped - in a treatise, a poem, a document - only to go their own ways. But despite different trajectories, all three are tied to narratives of banishment and exile. Ronit Ricci suggests that the island served as a concrete exilic site as well as a metaphor for imagining exile across religions, languages, space and time: Sarandib, where Adam was banished from Paradise; Lanka, where Sita languished in captivity; and Ceylon, faraway island of exile for Indonesian royalty under colonialism. Utilising Malay manuscripts and documents from Sri Lanka, Javanese chronicles, and Dutch and British sources, Ricci explores histories and imaginings of displacement related to the island through a study of the Sri Lankan Malays and their connections to an exilic past"-- Provided by publisher. …

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 282 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.