Indo-pacific literatures is a research field and academic concept that investigates literary and other cultural texts produced within or engaging with the vast, interconnected maritime region spanning the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This field examines how cultural production reflects, shapes, and contests the complex historical trajectories, geopolitical dynamics, transnational flows, and diverse identities within this strategically significant area, analyzing regional narratives, power structures, and cultural exchanges through an interdisciplinary lens that acknowledges the historical evolution and contested nature of the regional concept itself.