Memsahibs

Author : Ipshita Nath
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787388789

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Memsahibs by Ipshita Nath Pdf

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.

Author : Pat Barr
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571279104

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The Memsahibs by Pat Barr Pdf

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.

Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Anglo-Indian fiction
ISBN : 8125021116

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Woman and Empire by Indrani Sen Pdf

Drawing Upon A Wide Range And Variety Of Literary And Non-Literary Sources Of Nineteenth Century British India, Woman And Empire Examines Perceptions Of Gender Over The 1858 1900 Period. The Book Focuses On Representations Of White And Indian Women, In Addition To Women Of Mixed Races, In Fiction As Well As In Colonial Newspapers And Journals.

Author : Indira Ghose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047491298

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Memsahibs Abroad by Indira Ghose Pdf

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.

Author : Mary Ann Lind
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1988-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038385022

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The Compassionate Memsahibs by Mary Ann Lind Pdf

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.

Author : Ronald Hyam
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : 0719025044

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Empire and Sexuality by Ronald Hyam Pdf

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.

Author : Joyce Dunsheath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Abinger Himalayan Expedition
ISBN : UCAL:B4304002

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Mountains and Memsahibs by Joyce Dunsheath Pdf

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547214939

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The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan Pdf

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.

Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Purdah
ISBN : 812504552X

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Memsahibs' Writings by Indrani Sen Pdf

Author : R. S. D. Dogra
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Police
ISBN : 817648606X

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Nation Keepers by R. S. D. Dogra Pdf

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.

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520311008

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The Magic Mountains by Dane Kennedy Pdf

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.

Author : Susmita Mittapalli,Rajeshwar Mittapalli
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781621967958

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The Male Empire Under the Female Gaze by Susmita Mittapalli,Rajeshwar Mittapalli Pdf

Author : James Ponniah
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506439938

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Culture Religion and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia by James Ponniah Pdf

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.

Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literature and society
ISBN : UOM:39015080549994

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Memsahib's Writings by Indrani Sen Pdf

The white women of colonial India wrote extensively during their years of residence in India. This anthology brings together a fascinating collection of such European women's narratives. Mapped along the historical shifts that took place over the hundred-year period, the book captures the many facets and nuances of gender relations across racial divide. Imaginatively organised around key sites of contact, the narratives are arranged in fourteen thematic clusters. This book will appeal to readers interested in gender and colonialism and the writings of the Raj.

Author : Kristi Siegel
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820449059

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Gender, Genre, and Identity in Women's Travel Writing by Kristi Siegel Pdf

Women experience and portray travel differently: Gender matters - irreducibly and complexly. Building on recent scholarship in women's travel writing, these provocative essays not only affirm the impact of gender, but also cast women's journeys against coordinates such as race, class, culture, religion, economics, politics, and history. The book's scope is unique: Women travelers extend in time from Victorian memsahibs to contemporary «road girls», and topics range from Anna Leonowens's slanted portrayal of Siam - later popularized in the movie, The King and I, to current feminist «descripting» of the male-road-buddy genre. The extensive array of writers examined includes Nancy Prince, Frances Trollope, Cameron Tuttle, Lady Mary Montagu, Catherine Oddie, Kate Karko, Frances Calderón de la Barca, Rosamond Lawrence, Zilpha Elaw, Alexandra David-Néel, Amelia Edwards, Erica Lopez, Paule Marshall, Bharati Mukherjee, and Marilynne Robinson.