Gender Performativity in Subaltern Life Stories: Changing Discourses of Indentured Women as Mothers and Labourers

Gounder, Farzana

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“…9 In this context, tales of “coolie wife murders” contributed to “European assumptions of the barbarism of Indian males and their treatment of women as their ‘property’” (Carter and Torabully 2002, 52). While such approaches have been challenged more recently (Choenni 2020; Gounder 2020; Haniff 1999; Hosein 2011; Mohammed 1999; Swamy 2016), the trope proves persistent, especially in popular discourse and culture. Margriet Fokken argues that due to the absence of female voices, “the historiography on Hindustani women in Suriname remains informed by stereotypical depictions” (2015, 275).…”

Section: Marks Of Subordination: Sita Ki Rasoi Interpretation Of Godnasmentioning

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Embodying dependency: Caribbean godna (tattoos) as female subordination and resistance

Kloß

2022

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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A tattoo has not one but multiple meanings, depending on the person and interpretations within a sociocultural context. To demonstrate, this article focuses on tattoo marks labeled godna in Suriname and Guyana and on their related tattooing practices. Godnas can be found among senior Hindu women, and can be interpreted as marks of subordination and resistance. They inscribe and actively (re)create asymmetrical power relations and embody different dimensions of dependency. Relating to the notion of service, they reinstate women's subalternized positionalities in socioreligious relationships and recreate experiences thereof, especially regarding husbands and in‐laws, gurus, and deities. However, they may also become a means of subverting patriarchal hierarchy and challenging colonial and orthodox religious structures.

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Section: Marks Of Subordination: Sita Ki Rasoi Interpretation Of Godnasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodying dependency: Caribbean godna (tattoos) as female subordination and resistance

Kloß

2022

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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The Journey of Indian Diaspora as Indian Indentured Labourers in Fiji

Kadri Nashrin. A

2023

IJARSCT

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Indian diaspora is the largest diaspora in the world. As we know, the basic reasons for diaspora are unemployment, natural disaster, forced migration, etc. In this paper,I would like to depict Indian diaspora in Fiji as an indentured labourers. Indian labourers brought to Fiji as indenturedlabourers to work on a sugarcane plantation. They signed a contract from labourers which was called ‘girmit' and who came under this contract called ‘girmitiya'. It was a five-year contract that contained rules and regulations for workers. They had to face many obstacles during their journey from India to Fiji and also,they had to suffer hardship on Fiji island as indentured labourers. With the passage of time, Indian indentured labourers and their new generation have got the identity as Fiji-Indians.There are many notable Indo-Fijians like James Madhwan who was one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhary was the fourth Prime Minister of Fiji, Sidiq Koya was politician, opposition leader and statesman and so on. Indians brought as indentured labourers to Fiji island but with their hard work and intelligence they have got their rights and made a distinct place in Fiji

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Gender Performativity in Subaltern Life Stories: Changing Discourses of Indentured Women as Mothers and Labourers

Cited by 2 publications

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Embodying dependency: Caribbean godna (tattoos) as female subordination and resistance

Embodying dependency: Caribbean godna (tattoos) as female subordination and resistance

The Journey of Indian Diaspora as Indian Indentured Labourers in Fiji

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