Domicile and Diaspora – Anglo–Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Anglo–Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Samenvatting
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.
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<p>Series Editors Preface.</p>
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>1 Domicile and Diaspora: An Introduction.</p>
<p>Domicile.</p>
<p>Diaspora.</p>
<p>Home, Memory and Nostalgia.</p>
<p>Methodology.</p>
<p>Chapter Outline.</p>
<p>2 At Home in British India: Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.</p>
<p>Imperial Domesticity.</p>
<p>Nationalist Domesticity.</p>
<p>Domicile and Domesticity.</p>
<p> Land of our Mothers .</p>
<p>Home, Identity and Nationality.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>3 Home, Community and Nation: Domesticating Identity and Embodying Modernity.</p>
<p>Domesticating Identity.</p>
<p>Embodying Modernity.</p>
<p>Domestic Transgression.</p>
<p>Home, Community and Nation.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>4 Colonization and Settlement: Anglo–Indian Homelands.</p>
<p>Homelands and Settlements.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indian Colonization and Settlement.</p>
<p>Colonizing McCluskieganj.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indian Home–making.</p>
<p>Dreams of the Future.</p>
<p>McCluskieganj Today.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>5 Independence and Decolonization: Anglo–Indian Resettlement in Britain.</p>
<p>Migration and Resettlement.</p>
<p>Britishness, Whiteness and Mixed Descent.</p>
<p>Documenting Paternity and Recolonizing Identity.</p>
<p>Unsettled Domesticity.</p>
<p>Embodied Identities and the Limits of Familiarity.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>6 Mixed Descent, Migration and Multiculturalism: Anglo–Indians in Australia since 1947.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indians in White Australia.</p>
<p>HMAS Manoora.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indian Migration in the Wake of HMAS Manoora.</p>
<p>From Race to Culture .</p>
<p>From White Australia to Multiculturalism.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indians in Multicultural Australia.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>7 At Home in Independent India: Post–Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.</p>
<p>Staying on in India.</p>
<p>Nationality and Community.</p>
<p>Anglo–Indian Women in Independent India.</p>
<p>Dress.</p>
<p>Home and Work.</p>
<p>Marriage.</p>
<p>Conclusions.</p>
<p>8 Domicile and Diaspora: Conclusions.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Appendix 1 Archival Sources.</p>
<p>Appendix 2 Interviews and Focus Groups.</p>
<p>Notes.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Index</p>

