Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Starting Points
	The Question of Identity
	The Current State of Scholarship
	What this Work Offers
	Organisation and Overview of the Book
	Identities: Historically
	Identities in Contemporary India
	Diasporic Identities
	Gendered Identities
	Identities in the Arts: Literature, Film and Performance
	References
Part I: Identities: Historical
	Chapter 2: The Politics of Representation: Identity, Community and Anglo-Indian Associations in South Asia
		Introduction
		Community Consciousness and Anglo-Indian Associations
		Dilemma of Identity
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 3: Which Eurasians May Speak? Elite Politics, the Lower Classes and Contested Eurasian Identity
		The Eurasian Anthem
		Contexts
			The Text Around the Text
			The Oriental Herald
			Madras
		The Text
			Poem/Verse/Anthem as Historical Text
			Rhetoric and Sentiment
		Who Speaks?
		A History of Contested Voice and Power
		Conclusion
		References
			Print Sources
			Archival Sources: Oriental and India Office Collection (OIOC) at the British Library
	Chapter 4: The End of Greater Anglo-India: Partitioned Anglo Identities in Burma and Pakistan
		Loyal Sons and Daughters of Britain and Its Indian Empire
		Collective Boundary Blurring and Individual Modes of Racial Passing
		Reflections on the Lost Identities of a Receding Past
		From Anglo-India to Anglo-Burma
		Personal, Political and Constitutional Ruptures
		Strategies for Remoulding Group Identities Towards Rival Patriotisms and Nationalisms
		Imperial Abdications, Perilous Retreats and Desperate Battles for the Future
		Paradoxical Postscripts
		References
			Interview by Author
			Online Sources
			Archival Sources
			Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
			British Library
			National Archive, UK
			National Archive of India
			Private Archive of the All India Anglo-Indian Association, New Delhi
			Radio
Part II: Identities in Contemporary India
	Chapter 5: Is the Anglo-Indian ‘Identity Crisis’ a Myth?
		Introduction
		Identity
		Origins: From Colonised to Globalised
		Anglo-Indian Cultural Characteristics
		Ethnic Identity
		Concerns About Belonging
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6: Citizenship, Legitimacy, and Identity: Kolkata Anglo-Indian Experiences
		Introduction
		Citizens as the Responsibility of the State
		Securities and Insecurities
		Background to Constitutional Provisions
		Anglo-Indians as Constitutional Citizens
		Secularism in India
		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
		Demonetisation Leading to Further Erosions
		Example #1: The Current President-in-Chief of the AIAIA
		Case Study #2: The Calcutta Anglo-Indian Service Society
		Conclusions
		References
Part III: Diasporic Identities
	Chapter 7: Immigration Rhetoric and Public Discourse in the Construction of Anglo-Indian Identity in Britain
		The 1950s: Ambivalence Following Post-colonial Prejudices and the Colour Bar
		The 1960s: Imitation and Assimilation Amidst Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
		The 1970s: Celebrating Multiculturalism
		The 1980s and 1990s: Political Correctness Brings Shifts from Multiculturalism to Integration
		The 2000s: Animus Against Islam
		From the 2010s to the Present: The Call for Standardization
		Conclusion: Anglo-Indian ‘Nested’ Identities in the UK Today
		References
	Chapter 8: Anglo-Indians of New Zealand: Colour and the Social Construction of Identity
		Introduction
		Contexts
			White Privilege and Racism
			On Whiteness and Racism in New Zealand
			Anglo-Indian Scholarship on Whiteness and Racism
			Migration in New Zealand
			Anglo-Indians in New Zealand
		The Project
		Anglo-Indian Identity
			Explanation Fatigue, Identification, and Misidentification
			Identity Linked to a Country
			Misidentification as Māori
			Discrimination and Racism
			Employment-Linked Identity
			Fitting in
			Making Spaces to Belong
		Concluding Discussion
		References
	Chapter 9: The Dilemma of Anglo-Indian Identity in Pakistan
		Introduction
		Background Situation in the Region that Became Pakistan
		Impact of the New Nation on Anglo-Indian Identity
		Partition and Its Immediate Effects on Anglo-Indians
		Non-political Identity and Lifestyles in Pakistan Compared to India
		Social Lives Before 1970s
		Employment, Status and Identity
		Government Policies and their Effects Post 1970s
		Effects of Radical Islamist Agendas from 1980s
		The Dilemma of Staying On
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: From Asansol to Sydney: Terry Morris, Microhistory and Hybrid Identity
		Research Methodology and Microhistory
		Anglo-Indians in Australia: Tracing the Prime Narrative
		Terry Morris: History and His-Story
		Songs of Terry Morris: Constructing and Deconstructing Identity and History
		Conclusion
		References
Part IV: Gendered Identities
	Chapter 11: The Personal Can Be Political: Deconstructing Representations of Anglo-Indians
		Beginnings
		Internalized Colonization
		Breaking Free
		Literary Representations
		Marginalisation as Colonial Policy
		Representations That Buck the Trend
		Factoring in Nation and Nationalism
		References
	Chapter 12: Anglo-Indian Women in Teaching: The Interplay of Gender, Profession, Community Identities and Religiosity
		Introduction and Background
			Anglo-Indian Women and Paid Employment: Historical Circumstances
			Anglo-Indian Teachers in Bangalore’s English-Medium Schools
		Literature
			Gender Amongst Anglo-Indians
			Gender in the Teaching Profession
		Methods
		Discussion
			The Value of an Anglo-Indian Teacher
			Teaching as a Career ‘Choice’
			Earning an Income
			Relationships Within and Outside the School
			Work Ethic and Professional Identity
			Religiosity and a Sense of Vocation
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 13: A Queer Encounter with Anglo-Indians: Some Thoughts on National (Non)Belonging
		References
Part V: Identities in the Arts: Literature, Film and Performance
	Chapter 14: Identity and Homing Desire: Anglo-Indian Literary Perspectives
		Introduction
		Section I: Theoretical Overview
		Section II: Historical Analysis
			‘Gendered’ Lands
		Section III: Literary Perspectives
			The Motherland
			The Fatherland
			The ‘Second’ Land?
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 15: ‘Not Knowing for How Much Longer’: Requiem for the Living as an Act of Cultural Recovery of the Paranki Community in Kerala
		Memory Studies as an Interpretative Framework
		Parankis as Anglo-Indians
		Remembered Lives: Personal and Collective Memory
		Crisis of Masculinity
		Markers of Paranki Identity
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 16: Daivathinte Vikruthikal: Homelessness and Fragmented Identities of Indo-French Families in Mahé, Post-1954
		Colonial Mahé
		Daivathinte Vikruthikal: The Novel and the Film
		Assimilative Policies of French Government and Prevention of Absolute Identities
		Geographic Spaces, Contested Identities, and Homelessness
		Fragmented Identities
		Identity Expressed in Sartorial Ways
		Objects, Identity, and Homelessness
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 17: Mixed Feelings: Autoethnography, Affect and Anglo-Indian Creative Practice
		Introduction
		Rhett D’Costa’s ‘Masala Mix’ (2019)
		Autoethnography and Creative Practice
		Vanitas
			Suit
			Signet Ring
			Tape Recorder
		Performance and Performativity
		References
	Chapter 18: Fictionalised Identities: Remodelling Anglo-Indians
		The Trotter-nama: A Chronicle 1977–1984
		Magical Realism: The Narrative Vehicle
		The Everest Hotel: A Calendar
		Conclusion
		References
Index