From empire to empire? Writing the transnational Anglo-Indian self in Australia
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Ganguly, Debjani. (2007). From empire to empire? Writing the transnational Anglo-Indian self in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Studies. 28(1), pp. 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860601082913
Authors | Ganguly, Debjani |
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Abstract | This paper situates late modern Anglo-Indian lifeworlds in Australia in a dialogue with the theoretical templates of globalisation and postcolonialism. More particularly it deploys contemporary Anglo-Indian life stories to challenge theoretical positions in the domain of globalisation studies that announce either the demise of postcolonial theory (by suggesting that it has outlived its historical viability) or subsume its varied articulations under the rubric of “globalisation”. Both positions find their voice in Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri co-authored Empire (2000). I take up the challenge posed to postcolonialism by Hardt and Negri by asking how they would theorise a mode of hybrid belonging in a globalised world that has a long colonial history of racial and cultural mixing and that is not just a by-product of late capitalism's global generation of difference. Such a mode of belonging is manifest in the Anglo-Indian community now residing in the Anglophone countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. The Anglo-Indian narratives deployed in this analysis are seen as exemplary in addressing the theoretical links between postcolonialism and globalisation. They also unravel global capital's false rhetoric of an even playing field of ever proliferating difference and mixedness. |
Keywords | Anglo-Indian; postcolonialism; globalisation; difference |
Year | 2007 |
Journal | Journal of Intercultural Studies |
Journal citation | 28 (1), pp. 27-40 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0725-6868 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860601082913 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-34250792316 |
Page range | 27-40 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Feb 2007 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Oct 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8zwvw/from-empire-to-empire-writing-the-transnational-anglo-indian-self-in-australia
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