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Malaysia is among the most ethnically diverse and culturally rich nations on earth. Yet much of its cultural wealth lies buried beneath the rubric of its main Malay, Chinese and Indian 'race' categories; the dazzling diversity within and outside these groups remains largely unexplored. This book uncovers some of this fascinating diversity through the stories of five little-known acculturated ethnic groups in Peninsula Malaysia. The author, a Malaysian sociologist, delivers an insightful and lucid study of these groups, with some surprising findings. These communities illustrate how much more cross-cultural mingling, sharing and co-dependence there is within Malaysian society than we care to recognize, admit or celebrate. This raises various questions: Is a similar process of spontaneous inter-ethnic interaction possible between larger ethnic groups today? How can we foster such acculturation, and can it by itself contribute to ethnic harmony? The author also discovers that despite their long settlement and deep acculturation, segments of these groups are anxious about their future, and pine for an indigenous identity. What are the implications of this trend for ethnic relations, and how can it be resolved?

This book traces the acculturation journey of these communities and draws lessons for ethnic relations in one of the most complex multi-ethnic nations in the world. It will appeal to scholars, students, laymen and visitors interested in migration, history, culture, ethnicity and heritage in Malaysia and the region.

Boyanese (Indonesian people) --- Peranakan (Asian people) --- Portuguese --- Tamil (Indic people) --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Tamal (Indic people) --- Tamalsan (Indic people) --- Tambul (Indic people) --- Tamili (Indic people) --- Tamils --- Ethnology --- Babas (Asian people) --- Jawi Peranakan (Asian people) --- Straits Chinese --- Chinese --- East Indians --- Baweanese (Indonesian people) --- Orang Babian (Indonesian people) --- Orang Bawean (Indonesian people) --- Orang Boyan (Indonesian people) --- Suku Bawean (Indonesian people) --- Ethnic identity. --- Malaysia --- Ethnic relations.

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During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the first to explore Lemuria's incarnations across cultures, from Victorian-era science to Euro-American occultism to colonial and postcolonial India. The Lost Land of Lemuria widens into a provocative exploration of the poetics and politics of loss to consider how this sentiment manifests itself in a fascination with vanished homelands, hidden civilizations, and forgotten peoples. More than a consideration of nostalgia, it shows how ideas once entertained but later discarded in the metropole can travel to the periphery-and can be appropriated by those seeking to construct a meaningful world within the disenchantment of modernity. Sumathi Ramaswamy ultimately reveals how loss itself has become a condition of modernity, compelling us to rethink the politics of imagination and creativity in our day.

Civilization, Ancient. --- Tamil (Indic people) --- Lost continents. --- Tamal (Indic people) --- Tamalsan (Indic people) --- Tambul (Indic people) --- Tamili (Indic people) --- Tamils --- Ethnology --- Continents --- Geographical myths --- Ancient civilization --- History. --- Tamil Nadu (India) --- Lemuria. --- Civilization. --- africa. --- anthropology. --- antiquity. --- archaeology. --- art history. --- atlantis. --- australia. --- charles darwin. --- civilization. --- colonial. --- colonialism. --- darwinism. --- ethnography. --- evolution. --- geographic. --- geography. --- geology. --- grief. --- himalayas. --- indian ocean. --- lemuria. --- loss. --- maps. --- occult. --- occultism. --- pacific ocean. --- racism. --- regional. --- tamil. --- tibet. --- utopian. --- world history. --- Lemuria --- Atlantis --- Victorian-era science --- Euro-American occultism --- colonial India --- postcolonial India --- hidden cilizations --- mythological places

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‘Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka’ analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka.

Tamil (Indic people) --- Plantation workers --- Repatriation --- Return migration --- Citizenship --- Statelessness --- Public law --- Expatriation --- Stateless persons --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Migration, Return --- Emigration and immigration --- Aliens --- Emigration and immigration law --- International law --- Refoulement --- Tamal (Indic people) --- Tamalsan (Indic people) --- Tambul (Indic people) --- Tamili (Indic people) --- Tamils --- Ethnology --- Agricultural laborers --- Social conditions --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- History --- Law and legislation --- Sri Lanka --- India --- Shri Lanka --- Lanka --- Serendib --- Taprobane --- Cellao --- Zeilan --- Serendip --- Sī Langkā --- Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya --- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka --- Śrīlaṅkā --- Ilaṅkai --- Ceylon --- Bharat --- Bhārata --- Government of India --- Ḣindiston Respublikasi --- Inde --- Indië --- Indien --- Indii︠a︡ --- Indland --- Indo --- Republic of India --- Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa --- Yin-tu --- インド --- هند --- Индия --- Relations --- Ethnic relations

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Tamil (Indic people) --- Political atrocities --- Political persecution --- Crimes against humanity --- Atrocities --- Tamal (Indic people) --- Tamalsan (Indic people) --- Tambul (Indic people) --- Tamili (Indic people) --- Tamils --- Ethnology --- Crime --- International crimes --- Genocide --- War crimes --- Political repression --- Repression, Political --- Persecution --- Civil rights --- Government policy --- Rājapakṣa, Mahinda, --- Mahinda Rājapakṣa, --- Mahinda Rajapakse, --- Rājapakṣa, Mahinta, --- Rajapakse, Mahinda, --- Sri Lanka --- Australia --- Ahitereiria --- Aostralia --- Ástralía --- ʻAukekulelia --- Austraalia --- Austraalia Ühendus --- Australian Government --- Australie --- Australien --- Australiese Gemenebes --- Aŭstralii︠a︡ --- Australija --- Austrālijas Savienība --- Australijos Sandrauga --- Aŭstralio --- Australské společenství --- Ausztrál Államszövetség --- Ausztrália --- Avstralii︠a︡ --- Avstraliĭski sŭi︠u︡z --- Avstraliĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Avstraliĭskii︠a︡t sŭi︠u︡z --- Avstralija --- Awstralia --- Awstralja --- Awstralya --- Aystralia --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Cymanwlad Awstralia --- Državna zaednica Avstralija --- Government of Australia --- Ḳehiliyat Osṭralyah --- Koinopoliteia tēs Aystralias --- Komanwel Australia --- Komonveltot na Avstralija --- Komonwelt sa Awstralya --- Komunaĵo de Aŭstralio --- Komunejo de Aŭstralio --- Kūmunwālth al-Usturālī --- Mancomunidad de Australia --- Mancomunitat d'Austràlia --- Negara Persemakmuran Australia --- New Holland --- Nova Hollandia --- Osṭralyah --- Ōsutoraria --- Persemakmuran Australia --- Samveldið Ástralía --- Usṭralyah --- Usturāliyā --- Whakaminenga o Ahitereiria --- Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας --- Αυστραλία --- Аўстралія --- Австралия --- Австралија --- Австралийски съюз --- Австралийският съюз --- Австралийский Союз --- Комонвелтот на Австралија --- Државна заедница Австралија --- אוסטרליה --- קהיליית אוסטרליה --- أستراليا --- كومنولث الأسترالي --- オーストラリア --- Shri Lanka --- Lanka --- Serendib --- Taprobane --- Cellao --- Zeilan --- Serendip --- Sī Langkā --- Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya --- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka --- Śrīlaṅkā --- Ilaṅkai --- Ceylon --- Politics and government --- History --- Foreign relations