In 1620 the first Danish settlement on the Indian subcontinent was
established in the small fishing village of Tranquebar facing the
Indian Ocean on the Coromandel Coast of south India. For the next
225 years, until it was sold to the British in 1845, Tranquebar
functioned as a colonial trading station under the Danish flag.
From 1784 onwards the Danish governor of Tranquebar lived in a
grandiose and beautiful mansion built in a unique style of colonial
architecture. This book uses that particular house as a prism
through which the authors present and analyse such topics as the
architecture and furnishing of the building; the emotions of
feeling both at home and away experienced by the governors and
their families; the cultural encounters and exchanges that took
place between residents of the house and their Indian staff as well
as the broader Indian community of traders, temple priests and
princely delegates; the intricate political landscapes all
governors had to navigate, balancing pressures from other powers in
the area, both Indian and European; and the status of Tranquebar as
a representative of Denmark injected into an Indian setting
dominated by castes suspended in complicated webs of economic
exchange and rituals of rank and identity. Presenting stories from
Danish Tranquebar, a minor player on the Indian continent, the book
is able to apply new analytical perspectives to international
politics and alliances on the Indian subcontinent during this
period and to nuance the study of cultural contacts with Europea
study which has generally been determined by the predominance of
British colonialism. The book feeds into the growing international
interest in the study of places with rich colonial and postcolonial
histories, not only in India but all over the world.
General
Imprint: |
Museum Tusculanum Press
|
Country of origin: |
Denmark |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
Authors: |
Esther Fihl
|
Dimensions: |
307 x 244 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
432 |
ISBN-13: |
978-87-635-4388-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
87-635-4388-5 |
Barcode: |
9788763543880 |
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