Women, Gender and the Legacy of Slavery and Indenture

The age of imperialism ushered in a new phenomenon of large-scale organized migration of labourers through the systems of slavery and indenture, which were devised to feed the colonial political-economy. Another feature of such migrations was that it led to the permanent settlement of the uprooted African and Asian labourers in the new lands. These developments, in the long run, intertwined the histories of the ‘ruler’ and the ‘ruled’, the so-called ‘civilized’ and the ‘uncivilized’ along with the people from various continents, thus giving rise to plural societies. The narratives, however, remained dominated by the colonial legacies and frames of reference. Today such historical colonial narratives are being challenged and clarified through multi-disciplinary academic engagements. The authors in this volume take gender as a prominent analytical category and raise new questions and understandings in the way we conceptualize, document and write about gendered migrations in the diaspora. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area. Part One provides an in-depth introduction to Africa. Part Two focuses on issues and processes, such as notation and oral tradition, dance in communal life, and intellectual property. Part Three focuses on the different regions, countries, and cultures of Africa with selected regional case studies. The second edition has been expanded to include exciting new scholarship that has been conducted since the first edition was published. Questions for Critical Thinking at the end of each major section guide and focus attention on what musical and cultural issues arise when one studies the music of Africa -- issues that might not occur in the study of other musics of the world. An accompag audio compact disc offers musical examples of some of the music of Africa. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Foreword 8 Introduction 12 Part 1: Perspectives from the Diaspora on Indentured Migration 28 Chapter 1: ʿA Most Callous Indifferenceʾ: Sukhdeiʾs Story 30 Chapter 2: Gender and Resistance in Indian Indenture Life Stories: Oral History and the National Stage of Memorialization 46 Chapter 3: Indentured Hindustani Women in Suriname 74 Part 2: Perspectives from the ‘Home’ Country on Indentured Migration 100 Chapter 4: Indentured Women and Hindi Print-Public Sphere in Early Twentieth Century India 102 Chapter 5: Wives Across the Seas – ʿLeft behindʾ and ʿForgottenʾ? Gender and Migration in the Indian Ocean Region 122 Chapter 6: Gender, Labour and Resistance: Mapping the Lives of Indentured Women in Natal, South Africa 1860-1914 142 Part 3: Gender, Sexuality and Agency 164 Chapter 7: Unsettling Diasporas – Negotiation of Identities and Subversion of Categories: Asian Women in and Beyond Slavery at Mauritius, the Cape and Sri Lanka 166 Chapter 8: Migrant Women Multiterritoriality Processes in Transnational Marriage Condition 180 Chapter 9: Marriage, Concubinage and Extramarital Relations in Suriname and the Caribbean: Continuity and Change 204 Notes on Contributors 232 Index 236 Abayudaya,Jews;,African,Copyright,Law;,anti-AIDS,campaigns;,African,music;,communal,life;,dance,music;,Islamic,tradition;,Kru,mariners;,Malawian,Presbyterian,Churches;,musical,conceptions;,musical,exchange;,musical,life;,musical,performances;,oral,traditions;,performing,arts;,popular,music;,tuareg,music;,Yoruba,music Abayudaya Jews,African Copyright Law,anti-AIDS campaigns,African music,communal life,dance music,Islamic tradition,Kru mariners,Malawian Presbyterian Churches,musical conceptions,musical exchange,musical life,musical performances,oral traditions,performing arts,popular music,tuareg music,Yoruba music The authors in this volume take gender as a prominent analytical category and raise new questions and understandings in the way we conceptualize, document and write about gendered migrations in the diaspora.Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.