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The Memsahibs

Author : Pat Barr
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571279104
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Memsahibs written by Pat Barr and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of British women lived in India during Victorian times. They first went out as wives, mothers, sisters; others followed as teachers, doctors, missionaries. What they did and how they responded to their strange environment were seldom thought worthy of record, and writers have handed down to us a fictional image of the typical 'memsahib' as a frivolous, snobbish and selfish creature flitting from bridge to tennis parties 'in the hills'. For the most part, these clichés bear little resemblance to the truth; many women loyally and stoically accepted their share of the responsibility with endurance, courage and resilience. This story is developed around a number of women who wrote in an entertaining and intelligent fashion about their Indian experiences, starting with the arrival on the scene of one of the wittiest and cleverest of them all - Emily Eden, sister of Lord Auckland who was Governor-General from 1836 to 1842. It ends with Maud Diver, who maintained that the random assertion made by Kipling about the 'lower tone of social morality' in India was unjust and untrue. The dramatis personae of the book include Vicereines, wives of Civil Servants and missionaries struggling to break down the subservience of women throughout the vast sub-continent. Through women's eyes we witness the principal historic events at the time - the Afghan conflicts, the Mutiny - as well as the daily routines in very different cantonments and some of the British personalities who made their mark on nineteenth-century India - Honoria Lawrence, Flora Steel, Lady Sale. In this vivid account, Pat Barr evokes the sights and smells of Victorian India, its teeming masses, its problems so impossible, it seemed, for Englishwomen to solve.

Memsahibs Abroad

Author : Indira Ghose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Memsahibs Abroad written by Indira Ghose and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting anthology provides the best of travel writing by the memsahibs of the Raj who were anxious to see `the real India'. The book salvages long-forgotten writings by Englishwomen travelling in India. These historically valuable writings are perceptive and amusing, and have long been out of print. It also contains biographical notes on the travellers.

The Male Empire Under the Female Gaze

Author : Susmita Mittapalli
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621967956
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book The Male Empire Under the Female Gaze written by Susmita Mittapalli and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memsahibs' Writings

Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788125045526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Memsahibs' Writings written by Indrani Sen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Magic Mountains

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520311000
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Magic Mountains written by Dane Kennedy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most curious monuments to the British colonial presence in India. In this engaging and meticulously researched study, Dane Kennedy explores the development and history of the hill stations of the raj. He shows that these cloud-enshrouded havens were sites of both refuge and surveillance for British expatriates: sanctuaries from the harsh climate as well as an alien culture; artificial environments where colonial rulers could nurture, educate, and reproduce themselves; commanding heights from which orders could be issued with an Olympian authority. Kennedy charts the symbolic and sociopolitical functions of the hill stations over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arguing that these highland communities became much more significant to the British colonial government than mere places for rest and play. Particularly after the revolt of 1857, they became headquarters for colonial political and military authorities. In addition, the hill stations provided employment to countless Indians who worked as porters, merchants, government clerks, domestics, and carpenters. The isolation of British authorities at the hill stations reflected the paradoxical character of the British raj itself, Kennedy argues. While attempting to control its subjects, it remained aloof from Indian society. Ironically, as more Indians were drawn to these mountain areas for work, and later for vacation, the carefully guarded boundaries between the British and their subjects eroded. Kennedy argues that after the turn of the century, the hill stations were increasingly incorporated into the landscape of Indian social and cultural life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

Empire and Sexuality

Author : Ronald Hyam
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719025044
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Empire and Sexuality written by Ronald Hyam and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of British imperial history, intended for those who are interested in exploring the underlying realities of British expansion on the world stage. This book deals specifically with sex and its effect on the Empire.

Memsahibs

Author : Ipshita Nath
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1787388786
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Memsahibs written by Ipshita Nath and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For young Englishwomen stepping off the steamer, the sights and sounds of humid colonial India were like nothing they’d ever experienced. For many, this was the ultimate destination to find a perfect civil servant husband. For still more, however, India offered a chance to fling off the shackles of Victorian social mores. The word ‘memsahib’ conjures up visions of silly aristocrats, well-staffed bungalows and languorous days at the club. Yet these women had sought out the uncertainties of life in Britain’s largest, busiest colony. Memsahibs introduces readers to the likes of Flora Annie Steel, Fanny Parks and Emily Eden, accompanying their husbands on expeditions, travelling solo across dangerous terrain, engaging with political questions, and recording their experiences. Yet the Raj was not all adventure. There was disease, and great risk to young women travelling alone; for colonial wives in far-flung outposts, there was little access to ‘society’. Cut off from modernity and the Western world, many women suffered terrible trauma and depression. From the hill-stations to the capital, this is a sweeping, vividly written anthology of colonial women’s lives across British India. Their honesty and bravery, in their actions and their writings, shine fresh light on this historical world.

The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib written by Sara Jeannette Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culture Religion and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia

Author : James Ponniah
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506439934
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Culture Religion and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia written by James Ponniah and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture, Religion, and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia explores how the idea of the home is repurposed or re-envisioned in relation to experiences of modernity, urbanization, conflict, migration and displacement. It considers how these processes are reflected in rituals, beliefs and social practices. It explores the processes by which "home" may be constructed and how relocations often result in either the replication or rejection of traditional homes and identities. Ponniah examines the various contestations surrounding the categories of "home" and "religion," including interfaith families, urban spaces, and sacred places.

She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen

Author : Katie Hickman
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780349008271
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen written by Katie Hickman and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nation Keepers

Author : R. S. D. Dogra
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176486064
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Nation Keepers written by R. S. D. Dogra and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book A Central Reserve Police Force Is By An Officer Who Served In The Organisation For Over 20 Years. Provides An Overview Of Crpf In Diverse Fields-Normal Law And Order Duties, Anti-Insurgency, Antinaxalism, Counter Terrorism Or Election Duties Etc. Covers The Period Right From The Days Of Raj Through Partition-Conditions Under Which It Has To Function- J &K, Rajasthan And North East. Has 19 Chapters.

Married to the empire

Author : Mary A. Procida
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526119722
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Married to the empire written by Mary A. Procida and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Married to the empire, Mary A. Procida provides a new approach to the growing history of women and empire by situating women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism. Rebutting interpretations that have marginalized women in the empire, this book demonstrates that women were crucial to establishing and sustaining the British Raj in India from the "High Noon" of imperialism in the late nineteenth century through to Indian independence in 1947. Using three separate modes of engagement with imperialism – domesticity, violence, and race – Procida demonstrates the many and varied ways in which British women, particularly the wives of imperial officials, created a role for themselves in the empire. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including memoirs, novels, interviews, and government records, the book examines how marriage provided a role for women in the empire, looks at the home as a site for the construction of imperial power, analyses British women's commitment to violence as a means of preserving the empire, and discusses the relationship among Indian and British men and women. Married to the empire is essential reading to students of British imperial history and women's history, as well as those with an interest in the wider history of the British Empire.

The Compassionate Memsahibs

Author : Mary Ann Lind
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Compassionate Memsahibs written by Mary Ann Lind and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-04-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Compassionate Memsahibs refutes the traditional view--perpetuated in the works of writers like Rudyard Kipling--of the memsahibs as a homogeneous group of aloof, pampered women who had little interest in India. Here Mary Ann Lind presents information about the lives of fifteen memsahibs--all of which is previously unpublished--who voluntarily participated in reform and welfare activities in India during the first half of this century. Their activities and experiences placed them outside the more expected lifestyle of the memsahib and offer contemporary social historians a new window through which to view the Raj.

Sahibs who Loved India

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670082414
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sahibs who Loved India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &Lsquo;Thus We Both Were Tied To India With Every Possible Bond Of Memory And Affection, Which Clearly Played An Important Part In Our Lives&Hellip;As The Last Viceroy And Indeed&Nbsp;When I Stayed On As The First Governor-General Of The Independent Country Of India.&Rsquo; &Mdash;Lord Mountbatten A Rare Collection Of Essays That Invites The Reader To Revisit A Vanished Era Of Sahibs And Memsahibs. From Lord Mountbatten To Peggy Holroyde To Maurice And Taya Zinkin, Britishers Who Lived And Worked In India Reminisce About Topics And Points Of Interest As Varied As The Indian Civil Service And The Roshanara Club,&Nbsp;Shikar And Hazri, The Amateur Cine Society Of India And The Doon School, Rudyard Kipling And Mahatma Gandhi. &Nbsp; Selected From A Series Of Articles Commissioned By Khushwant Singh When He Was The Editor Of The Illustrated Weekly Of India These Delightfully Individualistic And Refreshingly Candid Writings Reveal A Fascinating Array Of British Attitudes, Experiences, Observations, Fond Memories, The Occasional Short-Lived Grouses And, Above All, A Deep And Abiding Affection And Respect For India.

British Women Travellers

Author : Sutapa Dutta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000507483
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book British Women Travellers written by Sutapa Dutta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib written by Sara Jeannette Duncan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib" by Sara Jeannette Duncan. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Awkward Age in Women's Popular Fiction, 1850-1900

Author : Sarah Bilston
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780191556760
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book The Awkward Age in Women's Popular Fiction, 1850-1900 written by Sarah Bilston and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates that 'the awkward age' formed a fault-line in Victorian female experience, an unusual phase in which restlessness, self-interest, and rebellion were possible. Tracing evolving treatments of female adolescence though a host of long-forgotten women's fictions, the book reveals that representations of the girl in popular women's literature importantly anticipated depictions of the feminist in the fin de siècle New Woman writing; conservative portrayals of girls' hopes, dreams, and subsequent frustrations helped clear a literary and cultural space for the New Woman's 'awakening' to disaffected consciousness. The book thus both historicises the evolution and mythic appeal of the female adolescent and works to receive suggestive exchanges between apparently diverse female literary traditions.