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.
ISBN: | 9781405100557 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Imprint: | Wiley Blackwell |
Published date: | 22 Jun 2005 |
DEWEY: | 305.891411 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 320 |
Weight: | 530g |
Height: | 176mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 23mm |