Beyond Tranquebar :

Physical details: xiv, 625 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm ISBN:9788125054375; 8125054375.
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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.

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