Social and Cultural Dimensions of Indian Indentured Labour and its Diaspora : Past and Present

Hassankhan, Maurits S. (EDT)/ Roopnarine, Lomarsh (EDT)/ Mahase, Radica (EDT)

Routledge（2016/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 374 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138280786
• DDC分類 306.3620954

Full Description

This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013 by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

Contents

Introduction

PART 1: WOMEN, LABOUR AND NARRATIVES

1. Plantation Patriarchy and Structural Violence: Women Workers in Sri Lanka

Rachel Kurian and Kumari Jayawardena

2. My Life My Story: Narratives of the Women Left Behind

Nivedita Singh

3. Tracing the Past of Hindustani Indentured Women in Suriname, 1873-1921

Tanya Sitaram

PART 2: SOCIAL ISSUES AMONG HINDUSTANI IMMIGRANTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

4. Gender-specific Problems among Surinamese Hindustanis: Suicide and Alcoholism

Indra Boedjarath

5. Elderly Surinamese Hindustanis in the Netherlands

Nirmala Birjmohan

6. Emotional Loss among Hindustani Migrants in the Netherlands

Rahina Hassankhan

7. Socializing for Educational Success

Anita Nanhoe

PART 3: RELIGION, ARTS AND IDENTITY

8. Slavery and Indentured Labour from the Perspective of Art Studies

J.S. (Mitra) Rambaran and R. Safdar Zaidi

9. Fu Moimoi: Body Art as Identity Marker

Hilde Neus

10. God at the Fore-deck and at the After-deck

Joop Vernooij

PART 4: INDIAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS AND IDENTITY

11. The Dhantal's Irreverence: Off-beat as the In-between Time of Indenture

Ananya J. Kabir

12. The Role of the Tassa Drum Ensemble in Trinidad and Tobago's Cultural Identity Formation

Satnarine Balkaransingh

13. The Mike Men of Trinidad: Cultural, Social and Political Influences

Primnath Gooptar

Notes on Contributors

Index