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Banishment and Belonging offers a comprehensive exploration of exile and diaspora in the Indian Ocean world, focusing on the island of Sri Lanka across different historical periods and names—Sarandib, Lanka, and Ceylon. Through detailed historical analysis, Ronit Ricci examines how various communities experienced forced displacement, voluntary migration, and the complex processes of establishing belonging in new lands.
The book investigates the linguistic, cultural, and religious practices that exiled communities maintained and transformed while negotiating their identities in diaspora. Ricci draws on archival sources and literary texts to reveal how banishment shaped social structures and cultural memory. The work contributes to broader understanding of Asian connections and the Indian Ocean as a space of human movement, cultural exchange, and contested claims to home and identity.
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