TY - BOOK AU - Fihl,Esther AU - Vēṅkaṭācalapati,Ā.Irā TI - Beyond Tranquebar: grappling across cultural borders in South India SN - 9788125054375 AV - DS486.T7 B49 2014 U1 - 954.82 23 KW - Missions, Danish KW - India KW - Tranquebar KW - Congresses KW - Ethnology KW - History KW - Art, Indic KW - Religion and sociology KW - Tranquebar (India) KW - Denmark KW - Colonies KW - Administration KW - India, South KW - Relations N1 - 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 N2 - Contributed articles presented at a three-day symposium held in May 2011 ER -