Anglophone literature of Caribbean indenture : the seductive hierarchies of empire /: the seductive hierarchies of empire. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison Klein.
• Authors: Klein, Alison
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Ties That Bind; Liminal Laborers; Theorizing Indenture; Chapter Summaries; Boundaries of the Project; Drawing Together the Threads; Bibliography; Chapter 2: To Have and To Hold: The Role of Marriage in Nonfiction Indenture Narratives; Introduction: Prescribing Monogamy; Background and Context; Codifying Existing Hierarchies; Colonial Anxiety; Resisting the Hierarchies of Empire; Conclusion: One More Knot; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Tying the Knot: Early Depictions of Indenture; Introduction: "Reasonable Wear and Tear" Lutchmee and Dilloo: "Was She Not a Pretty Animal?"Those That Be in Bondage: "A Stupendous Leap"; Lingering Hierarchies: Sugar's Sweet Allure and Bound for Trinidad; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Tangled Up: Gendered Metaphors of Nation in Contemporary Indo-Caribbean Narratives; Introduction: Patriarchal Nationalism; The Counting House: The Eroding Power of Capital; The Promise: Sexual Assault as Colonial Conquest; The Pagoda: Defying Colonial Categories; Conclusion: The Dangers of Nationalist Metaphors; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Family Ties: Embodiment of Female Laborers in the Poetry of Indenture Introduction: From Nationalism to DisplacementNationalism and the Birth of Indenture Poetry: Rajkumari Singh; Nationalism in Tension with Empowerment of Women: Mahadai Das; The Impossibility of Authenticity, the Impossibility of Belonging: David Dabydeen; Nihilism and Reincarnation: Lelawattee Manoo-Rahming; Cycles of Toil and Shame: Easton Lee; "A Single Linear Story": Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6: At the End of Their Tether: Women Writing about Indenture; Introduction: Finding Clarity in the Present; Jahajin: Actively Engaging with the Past Monkey Hunting: Cultivating Pragmatic AltruismConclusion: Casting Off the Burden of Nostalgia; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Conclusion: Loose Threads; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 820/.9355; Literature; Indentured servants in literature; Imperialism in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism -- Asian -- General; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literature: history & criticism; Latin American literature; Oriental literature; Literary Criticism -- Caribbean & Latin American; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- In literature; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319990552; 3319990551
• Related ISBNs: 9783319990545
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 2, 2018).
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