Beyond Tranquebar :
Beyond Tranquebar : grappling across cultural borders in South India /
edited by Esther Fihl, A.R. Venkatachalapathy.
- xiv, 625 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Competing histories -- pt. 2. Negotiating morals and historical identities -- pt. 3. Cultural otherness and colonial interactions -- pt. 4. Circulations of faith and knowledge -- pt. 5. Education and networks of print -- pt. 6. Translocal and intercontinental tracks. Part I Competing Histories
1. Putting Tranquebar on the Map: Cultural and Material Encounters in Transnational Heritage Development
Helle Jørgensen
2. The Four Histories of the Village: Landmarks and Historical Identities
Kristian Grønseth
3. Processions and Chariot Festivals: Cultural Markings in Tharangampadi and Vailankanni
Peter B. Andersen
4. Between Patriotism and Regret: Public Discourses on Colonial History in Denmark Today
Astrid Nonbo Andersen
Part II Negotiating Morals and Historical Identities
5. The ‘Second Tsunami’: Disputed Moralities of Economic Transactions among Fishers
Esther Fihl
6. Risk and Opportunity in Post-tsunami Tharangampadi
Raja Swamy
7. From ‘Untouchable’ Scavengers to Dignified ‘Tribals’: On the Making of a New Kattunayakkan Identity
Caroline Lillelund
8. Dancing for Money, Men and Gods: Temple Women in Historical Perspectives
Stine Simonsen Puri
Part III Cultural Otherness and Colonial Interactions
9. Shipwrecked on the Coromandel: The First Indian–Danish Contact, 1620
Esther Fihl
10. The Tranquebar Tribute: Contested Perceptions during the Reign of Rajah Serfoji II
Simon Rastén
11. Personal Encounters in a Colonial Space: European Seeing and Knowing
Louise Sebro
12. Retracing Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg’s Path
Will Sweetman
Part IV Circulations of Faith and Knowledge
13. Making it in Tranquebar: The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge in the Early Danish-Halle Mission
Niklas Thode Jensen
14. The Life of a Tamil Convert: William Roberts Proselytising in the Wake of the Enlightenment
Raja Mylvaganam
15. Producing Difference: Childhood, Parenting and Mission in Colonial South India
Karen Vallgårda
16. The Bishop of Tranquebar and Shiva’s Elephant: Danish Missionaries and Indian Independence
Daniel Henschen
Part V Education and Networks of Print
17. Serfoji II of Tanjore and Missionary C. S. John: Education and Innovation in the Early Nineteenth Century
Indira Viswanathan Peterson
18. From Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg to Alexander Duff: Western Education in India, 1715–1835
Rajesh Kochhar
19. ‘This Great Benefit’: Print and the Cultural Encounter in Eighteenth-century Tranquebar
A. R. Venkatachalapathy
20. Translocal Networks: Tranquebar Mission Press in Eighteenth-century South Asia
Heike Liebau
Part VI Translocal and Intercontinental Tracks
21. Danish Homes in Colonial Tranquebar: Intercontinental Transfers of Material Culture
Martin Krieger
22. Peasant Featherbeds in ‘Royal Attire’: The Consumption of Indigo in Early Modern Denmark
Mikkel Venborg Pedersen
23. Radiating from Tranquebar: Education in Serampore, 1800–1845
Erik Gøbel
24. Encountering the Nicobar Islands: Danish Strategies of Colonisation, 1755–1848
Simon Rastén
Notes on Contributors
Contributed articles presented at a three-day symposium held in May 2011.
9788125054375 8125054375
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2014347370
Missions, Danish--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Ethnology--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Art, Indic--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Religion and sociology--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Tranquebar (India)--History--Congresses.
Denmark--Colonies--Administration--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
India, South--Relations--Denmark--Congresses.
Denmark--Relations--India, South--Congresses.
DS486.T7 / B49 2014
954.82
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Competing histories -- pt. 2. Negotiating morals and historical identities -- pt. 3. Cultural otherness and colonial interactions -- pt. 4. Circulations of faith and knowledge -- pt. 5. Education and networks of print -- pt. 6. Translocal and intercontinental tracks. Part I Competing Histories
1. Putting Tranquebar on the Map: Cultural and Material Encounters in Transnational Heritage Development
Helle Jørgensen
2. The Four Histories of the Village: Landmarks and Historical Identities
Kristian Grønseth
3. Processions and Chariot Festivals: Cultural Markings in Tharangampadi and Vailankanni
Peter B. Andersen
4. Between Patriotism and Regret: Public Discourses on Colonial History in Denmark Today
Astrid Nonbo Andersen
Part II Negotiating Morals and Historical Identities
5. The ‘Second Tsunami’: Disputed Moralities of Economic Transactions among Fishers
Esther Fihl
6. Risk and Opportunity in Post-tsunami Tharangampadi
Raja Swamy
7. From ‘Untouchable’ Scavengers to Dignified ‘Tribals’: On the Making of a New Kattunayakkan Identity
Caroline Lillelund
8. Dancing for Money, Men and Gods: Temple Women in Historical Perspectives
Stine Simonsen Puri
Part III Cultural Otherness and Colonial Interactions
9. Shipwrecked on the Coromandel: The First Indian–Danish Contact, 1620
Esther Fihl
10. The Tranquebar Tribute: Contested Perceptions during the Reign of Rajah Serfoji II
Simon Rastén
11. Personal Encounters in a Colonial Space: European Seeing and Knowing
Louise Sebro
12. Retracing Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg’s Path
Will Sweetman
Part IV Circulations of Faith and Knowledge
13. Making it in Tranquebar: The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge in the Early Danish-Halle Mission
Niklas Thode Jensen
14. The Life of a Tamil Convert: William Roberts Proselytising in the Wake of the Enlightenment
Raja Mylvaganam
15. Producing Difference: Childhood, Parenting and Mission in Colonial South India
Karen Vallgårda
16. The Bishop of Tranquebar and Shiva’s Elephant: Danish Missionaries and Indian Independence
Daniel Henschen
Part V Education and Networks of Print
17. Serfoji II of Tanjore and Missionary C. S. John: Education and Innovation in the Early Nineteenth Century
Indira Viswanathan Peterson
18. From Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg to Alexander Duff: Western Education in India, 1715–1835
Rajesh Kochhar
19. ‘This Great Benefit’: Print and the Cultural Encounter in Eighteenth-century Tranquebar
A. R. Venkatachalapathy
20. Translocal Networks: Tranquebar Mission Press in Eighteenth-century South Asia
Heike Liebau
Part VI Translocal and Intercontinental Tracks
21. Danish Homes in Colonial Tranquebar: Intercontinental Transfers of Material Culture
Martin Krieger
22. Peasant Featherbeds in ‘Royal Attire’: The Consumption of Indigo in Early Modern Denmark
Mikkel Venborg Pedersen
23. Radiating from Tranquebar: Education in Serampore, 1800–1845
Erik Gøbel
24. Encountering the Nicobar Islands: Danish Strategies of Colonisation, 1755–1848
Simon Rastén
Notes on Contributors
Contributed articles presented at a three-day symposium held in May 2011.
9788125054375 8125054375
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2014347370
Missions, Danish--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Ethnology--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Art, Indic--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Religion and sociology--History--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
Tranquebar (India)--History--Congresses.
Denmark--Colonies--Administration--India--Tranquebar--Congresses.
India, South--Relations--Denmark--Congresses.
Denmark--Relations--India, South--Congresses.
DS486.T7 / B49 2014
954.82