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Autore |
Blunt Alison |
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Titolo |
Domicile and diaspora : Anglo-Indian women and the spatial politics of home / / Alison Blunt |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-9918-7 |
1-4051-4119-0 |
1-281-21416-7 |
9786611214166 |
0-470-71274-0 |
1-4051-4130-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 288 p. ) : ill., map |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women, Anglo-Indian - History - 20th century |
Women, Anglo-Indian - Social conditions - 20th century |
Anglo-Indians - Race identity |
Anglo-Indians - Ethnic identity |
Anglo-Indians - Migrations - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-277) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Figures. Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Domicile and Diaspora: An Introduction . Domicile. Diaspora. Home, Memory and Nostalgia. Methodology. Chapter Outline. 2 At Home in British India: Imperial Domesticity and National Identity . Imperial Domesticity. Nationalist Domesticity. Domicile and Domesticity. 'Land of our Mothers'. Home, Identity and Nationality. Conclusions. 3 Home, Community and Nation: Domesticating Identity and Embodying Modernity. Domesticating Identity. Embodying Modernity. Domestic Transgression. Home, Community and Nation. Conclusions. 4 Colonization and Settlement: Anglo-Indian Homelands . Homelands and Settlements. Anglo-Indian Colonization and Settlement. Colonizing McCluskieganj. Anglo-Indian Home-making. Dreams of the Future. McCluskieganj Today. Conclusions. 5 Independence and |
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Decolonization: Anglo-Indian Resettlement in Britain . Migration and Resettlement. Britishness, Whiteness and Mixed Descent. Documenting Paternity and Recolonizing Identity. Unsettled Domesticity. Embodied Identities and the Limits of Familiarity. Conclusions. 6 Mixed Descent, Migration and Multiculturalism: Anglo-Indians in Australia since 1947 . Anglo-Indians in White Australia. HMAS Manoora. Anglo-Indian Migration in the Wake of HMAS Manoora. From 'Race' to 'Culture'. From White Australia to Multiculturalism. Anglo-Indians in Multicultural Australia. Conclusions. 7 At Home in Independent India: Post-Imperial Domesticity and National Identity. Staying on in India. Nationality and Community. Anglo-Indian Women in Independent India. Dress. Home and Work. Marriage. Conclusions. 8 Domicile and Diaspora: Conclusions . Bibliography. Appendix 1 Archival Sources. Appendix 2 Interviews and Focus Groups. Notes. Bibliography. Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on interviews and archival research, this work investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947. |
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