Coolie woman : the odyssey of indenture / Gaiutra Bahadur.
- Bahadur, Gaiutra, 1975-
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Hurst & Company, 2013.
Physical description
xxi, 274 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. One Embarking -- 1.The Magician's Box -- 2.Ancestral Memory -- pt. Two Exploring -- 3.The Women's Quarters -- 4.Into Dark Waters -- 5.Her Middle Passage -- 6.A New World -- 7.Beautiful Woman Without a Nose -- 8.Gone But Not Forgotten -- pt. Three Returning -- 9.The Dream of Return -- 10.Every Ancestor -- 11.Surviving History.
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Subjects
- 20th century
- BrahmansGuyanaSocial conditions20th century
- Women foreign workersGuyanaHistory20th century
- Women foreign workersGuyanaSocial conditions20th century
- Enslaved womenGuyanaHistory20th century
- Women, East IndianGuyanaSocial conditions20th century
- Enslavementhistory
- Enslaved Personshistory
- Womenhistory
- Guyana
- India
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineCBW.758.AA9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 1849042772
- 9781849042772