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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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Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 288 p. ) : ill., map |
Disciplina: | 305.48/891411 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-277) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Domicile and diaspora ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4443-9918-7 |
1-4051-4119-0 | |
1-281-21416-7 | |
9786611214166 | |
0-470-71274-0 | |
1-4051-4130-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910878095903321 |
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