Domicile and diaspora : Anglo-Indian women and the spatial politics of home
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Bibliographic Information
Domicile and diaspora : Anglo-Indian women and the spatial politics of home
(RGS-IBG book series)
Blackwell, 2005
- : hardcover
- : pbk
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-277) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Domicile and Diaspora investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
The first book to study the Anglo-Indian community past and present, in India, Britain and Australia.
The first book by a geographer to focus on a community of mixed descent.
Investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
Draws on interviews and focus groups with over 150 Anglo-Indians, as well as archival research.
Makes a distinctive contribution to debates about home, identity, hybridity, migration and diaspora.
Table of Contents
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
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