ISBN:
9783030644581
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (438 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.891411
Keywords:
Anglo-Indians
;
Anglo-Indians-India-History
;
India-History-British occupation, 1765-1947
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Starting Points -- The Question of Identity -- The Current State of Scholarship -- What this Work Offers -- Organisation and Overview of the Book -- Identities: Historically -- Identities in Contemporary India -- Diasporic Identities -- Gendered Identities -- Identities in the Arts: Literature, Film and Performance -- References -- Part I: Identities: Historical -- Chapter 2: The Politics of Representation: Identity, Community and Anglo-Indian Associations in South Asia -- Introduction -- Community Consciousness and Anglo-Indian Associations -- Dilemma of Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Which Eurasians May Speak? Elite Politics, the Lower Classes and Contested Eurasian Identity -- The Eurasian Anthem -- Contexts -- The Text Around the Text -- The Oriental Herald -- Madras -- The Text -- Poem/Verse/Anthem as Historical Text -- Rhetoric and Sentiment -- Who Speaks? -- A History of Contested Voice and Power -- Conclusion -- References -- Print Sources -- Archival Sources: Oriental and India Office Collection (OIOC) at the British Library -- Chapter 4: The End of Greater Anglo-India: Partitioned Anglo Identities in Burma and Pakistan -- Loyal Sons and Daughters of Britain and Its Indian Empire -- Collective Boundary Blurring and Individual Modes of Racial Passing -- Reflections on the Lost Identities of a Receding Past -- From Anglo-India to Anglo-Burma -- Personal, Political and Constitutional Ruptures -- Strategies for Remoulding Group Identities Towards Rival Patriotisms and Nationalisms -- Imperial Abdications, Perilous Retreats and Desperate Battles for the Future -- Paradoxical Postscripts -- References -- Interview by Author -- Online Sources -- Archival Sources -- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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