Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
Copyright © 2005 Alison Blunt
Author(s): Alison Blunt
Published Online: 13 MAY 2008
Print ISBN: 9781405100540
Online ISBN: 9780470712740
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712740
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Domicile and Diaspora investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
- The first book to study the Anglo-Indian community past and present, in India, Britain and Australia.
- The first book by a geographer to focus on a community of mixed descent.
- Investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
- Draws on interviews and focus groups with over 150 Anglo-Indians, as well as archival research.
- Makes a distinctive contribution to debates about home, identity, hybridity, migration and diaspora.