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.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Academic and Postgraduate
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Illustrationen
14 s/w Abbildungen
14 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-032-92092-4 (9781032920924)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Maurits S. Hassankhan is Head of the History Department of the Faculty of Humanities at Anton de Kom University of Suriname.
Lomarsh Roopnarine is Associate Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies at Jackson State University, United States. Radica Mahase holds a BA and PhD in History from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and a MA in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.
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
