Transoceanic Perspectives in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy

Juan-José Martín-González is Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Málaga, Spain. He researches and publishes in the fields of maritime and migration studies, neo-Victorian fiction and postcolonialism.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The ‘Oceanic Turn’ and the Indian Ocean: Maritime Criticism, Cosmopolitanism and Nineteenth-Century Oceanic Culture.- 3. Of Coolies, Lascars, and the Kala Pani: Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies (2008).- 4. Of Hongs, Achhas, and Fanqui-Town: Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke (2011).- 5. Of Buchas, Opium Wars, and the Kali Yuga: Amitav Ghosh’s Flood of Fire (2015).- 6. Conclusion.