Developing Alternative Frames of Reference
Contemporary globalization processes often obscure older historical lines of connection across the continents. My recent work has focused on the cultural practices of people of Indian origin in the Eastern Caribbean, in Trinidad. I argue that we in India need to understand this subaltern diaspora (...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2009
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | Contemporary globalization processes often obscure older historical lines of connection across the continents. My recent work has focused on the cultural practices of people of Indian origin in the Eastern Caribbean, in Trinidad. I argue that we in India need to understand this subaltern diaspora (1845-1917) of indentured labourers as the illegitimate doubles of modern Indians in India. Here is a brief account of some of the methodological issues and theoretical questions raised by the proje... |
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