The Professional Lives of Anglo-Indian Working Women in The Twilight of Empire

Authors

  • Uther Charlton-Stevens

Abstract

This article explores the lives of Anglo-Indian women in employment in the late colonial period. In doing so it emphasises the importance of categories in policing the location of Anglo-Indians within the world of the domiciled and the socio-racial hierarchy of the Raj. The experience of Anglo-Indian women who travelled to Africa and the Middle East before and during World War II, helps to demonstrate how selective identification with Britishness and with India contributed to shaping individual lives and identities. The case of military nurses is particularly foregrounded, based on an interview with Florence Watkins in Jubbulpore in 2010. 

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Published

2016-10-18

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016): General Issue

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