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Masters and servants : Cultures of empire in the tropics /

'Masters and Servants' explores the politics of colonial mastery and domestic servitude in the neighbouring British colonies of Singapore and Darwin. Through an exploration of master-servant relationships within British, white Australian and Chinese homes, this text illustrates the central...

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Autor principal: Lowrie, Claire (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: domestic service and colonial mastery in the tropics
  • A 'second Singapore'? The connected histories of Darwin and Singapore, 1860s-1930s
  • Historicising 'houseboys': cultures of male servitude in the tropics, 1880s-1910s
  • White masters and their Chinese 'houseboys': masculinity, sexuality and racial anxiety in the home, 1880s-1930s
  • White women and the decline of Chinese 'houseboys', 1910s-1930s
  • Idle mems, weary wives and 'red hot revolutionaries': domestic tension and political antagonism in the home, 1910s-1930s
  • Masters and colonisers: the politics of Chinese domestic mastery, 1920s-1930s
  • Conclusion: domestic service at the end of the Empire.