{"product_id":"the-lost-land-of-lemuria-sumathi-ramaswamy-9780520244405","title":"The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Land of Lemuria \u003c\/i\u003ewidens 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumathi Ramaswamy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520244400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520244405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.20w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 24","brand":"Sumathi Ramaswamy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056212603135,"sku":"9780520244405","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0800287-a65d-46f6-9aa1-d9d06c7bb926.jpg?v=1685040119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-land-of-lemuria-sumathi-ramaswamy-9780520244405","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}