Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home |
Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Wiley-Blackwell
August 2005
304 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4051-0054-0
Papeback ISBN: 978-1-4051-0055-7
E-book ISBN: 978-1-4051-4130-7
Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
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.
- 2. At Home in British India: Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.
- 3. Home, Community and Nation: Domesticating Identity and Embodying Modernity.
- 4. Colonization and Settlement: Anglo-Indian Homelands.
- 5. Independence and Decolonization: Anglo-Indian Resettlement in Britain.
- 6. Mixed Descent, Migration and Multiculturalism: Anglo-Indians in Australia since 1947.
- 7. At Home in Independent India: Post-Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.
- 8. Domicile and Diaspora: Conclusions.
- Bibliography.
- Appendix 1 Archival Sources.
- Appendix 2 Interviews and Focus Groups.
- Index
Read chapter one here.
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