Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Alison Blunt
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Description for Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Hardback. 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. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Domicile and Diaspora investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405100540
SKU
V9781405100540
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Alison Blunt
Alison Blunt is Reader in Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Travel, Gender and Imperialism (1994), the co-author of Dissident Geographies (2000), and the co-editor of Writing Women and Space (1994), Postcolonial Geographies (2002) and Cultural Geography in Practice (2003). She was awarded the Gill Memorial Award by the Royal Geographical Society with the ... Read more
Reviews for Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
‘This is a first rate book. Alison Blunt studies a community that has been reinventing ‘itself’, and its senses of home and belonging, in the period since 1947. She shows how these reinventions have been pursued in different ways by different community leaders, including in the run-up to India’s independence, and how another set of reinventions is playing out around ... Read more