Archipelagic Memory and Literatures of the Indian Ocean World

Bringing together archipelagic theory, memory studies, and literary critical scholarship on the Indian Ocean world, this special issue features leading writers from Africa, the Mascarenes, and South Asia, a conversation between eminent scholars of memory and heritage, and a translated lecture by one of Japan’s foremost cultural critics. Contributors examine “archipelagic memory,” constituting an exciting new addition to existing methodologies, pedagogies, and reading practices for the study of the Indian Ocean World and offering an invaluable aid for research and teaching alike across different disciplines in the arts and humanities.

Contributors: Rosa M. C. Beunel-Fogarty, Meghan Gorman-DaRif, Abdulrazak Gurnah, James Hodapp, Ryuta Imafuku, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, R. J. Lim, Kelsey McFaul, Nikhita Obeegadoo, Audrey Phillips, Luca Raimondi