TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caplan, Lionel
TI  - Children of colonialism: Anglo-Indians in a postcolonial world
SN  - 1859736327
U1  - 325.3 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Berg
N1  - Includes bibliography and index (author index and subject index).


; 1. Introduction -- Colonial Sex and Creation of a Mixed-race Population; The Colonial Science of Racial Hybrids; Anglo-Indians and the Blurring of Categorical Divides; Theorizing the Colonial and Postcolonial; Creolized Cultures, Bounded Identities; Researching Anglo-India --

2. Anglo-Indians in Madras -- Introduction; The Evolution of an Anglo-Indian Population in Madras; The emergence of Class Divisions; The Education of Anglo-Indians; Anglo-Indian Settlement in Madras; Conclusion --

3. Guarding Boundaries-Crossing Boundaries -- Introduction; Erecting Boundaries; Threatening Boundaries; Crossing Boundaries : Colonial Censuses; Crossing Boundaries : Out-marriages; Contemporary Crossings; Conclusion --

4. Paradoxes of Belonging -- Introduction; The Paradox of British Policies; Anglo-Indian Rhetorics of Belonging; Manifestations of 'Community'; Contemporary Associational Politics; The Politics of Philanthropy; Conclusion --

5. The Spirit of Emigration -- Introduction; Colonial Migrations; Post-Independence Migrations; Planning Emigration; Failed Emigrants; The Consequences of Emigration; Conclusion --

6. Close Families and Matrifocal Households -- Introduction; The Composition of Households; Close Families; Boarding Schools and Families; Failed Families; Family and Workplace; Family Narratives; women in the Family; Conclusion --

7. The Practice of Culture -- Introduction; Emblematic Lifeways; Depicting Anglo-Indian Lifeways; Dress : Changing Gear; Food : Custard and Curries; Making and Celebrating Marriages; Conclusion
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