Borders and Ecotones in the Indian Ocean

Cultural and Literary Perspectives

Markus Arnold, Corinne Duboin,Judith Misrahi-Barak

This collection of critical essays anchors itself in the Indian Ocean and explores the multiple ways dynamic exchanges have shaped this multilingual region of the world, from India to the Mascarene Islands to Southern Africa.

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This collection of critical essays anchors itself in the Indian Ocean and explores the multiple ways dynamic exchanges have shaped this multilingual region of the world, from India to the Mascarene Islands to Southern Africa. Borders, edges and third spaces are revisited through the notion of the ecotone, a transitional zone between two ecosystems. If the term has primarily been used by biologists and ecologists, the metaphorical angle proves to be fruitful as it authorizes transdisciplinary approaches and empowers fresh perspectives.

In French and in English, this volume aims to contribute to scholarship already published across various disciplinary fields and to participate in the development of Indoceanic studies. The authors of the volume rethink those ecotonal sites that are spaces of frictions as much as spaces of fusion.

Les essais critiques réunis dans ce volume prennent leur ancrage dans l’océan Indien et explorent les multiples façons dont la dynamique des échanges a formé cette région multilingue, de l’Inde aux Mascareignes et en Afrique australe. Frontières, lisières et tiers-espaces sont revisités à travers la notion d’écotone, une zone de transition entre deux écosystèmes. Si le terme a été surtout utilisé par les biologistes et les écologistes, l’angle métaphorique s’avère particulièrement fertile en ce qu’il autorise des approches transdisciplinaires et rend possibles des perspectives nouvelles.

En anglais et en français, ce volume vise à enrichir la recherche déjà publiée dans plusieurs champs disciplinaires et à participer au développement des études indo-océaniques. Les auteurs du volume réexaminent ces écotones comme des espaces de frictions autant que des espaces de fusion.

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Year of publication 2020
Author Markus Arnold, Corinne Duboin,Judith Misrahi-Barak
Format 16 x 24
ISBN 978-2-36781-357-8
ISSN 2118-3023
Number of pages 336
Editor Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée – PULM
Language French, English
Type of book Paperback, perfect binding
Date of availability Nov 18, 2020
8 sens stock quantity 10
Weight 0.720000
Subtitle Cultural and Literary Perspectives
Markus Arnold, Corinne Duboin,Judith Misrahi-Barak

Markus Arnold is Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Corinne Duboin is Professor in African American and Caribbean literatures at the Université de La Réunion, France.

Judith Misrahi-Barak is Associate Professor in English and Postcolonial Literatures at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France.

Compte-rendu de lecture

 

Études littéraires Africaines, 53, 2022.

Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies, 12.2/13.1, Automn 2021/Spring 2022.

French Studies in Southern Africa, 51.2, 2021.

Nouvelles Études Francophones, 36.1-2, 2021.

 

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