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Beyond Indenture: Agency and Resistance in the Colonial South Asian Diaspora

Bates, Crispin Bates, Crispin

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Beyond Indenture: Agency and Resistance in the Colonial South Asian Diaspora
Autor: Bates, Crispin
Bates, Crispin
Assuntos: Indentured servants ; Indentured servants-India-History ; South Asian diaspora ; South Asians
Descrição: Beyond Indenture brings together essays that reflect, as far as possible, the viewpoints and voices of indentured Indians who exercised agency, resisted and manipulated the colonial labour system to their advantage, and went on to build new lives for themselves overseas following the expiration of their contracts. Some remigrated to other colonies to earn a better wage and escape from debt and other burdens. Among those who chose to remain, women played a prominent role in the struggle for rights, freedom and opportunities, achieving them in ways which often defied or redefined South Asian customs and traditions. Post-independence, the Indian communities overseas faced newer problems, not least of which were discrimination and marginalisation. This volume studies these accounts and explores the theme of the broad alliances of diasporic Indians and Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants.
Títulos relacionados: Global South Asians
Editor: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Data de criação/publicação: 2023
Formato: 414
Idioma: Inglês

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