Mythologies of migration, vocabularies of indenture

Description:

"South Asian migration during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was largely made up of indentured labourers sent to British colonies after the 1833 abolition of slavery. Mythologies of Migration, Vocabularies of Indenture uses the critical paradigm of indenture history to examine the local literary and cultural histories that have influenced and shaped the development of novel-length fiction by writers of the South Asian diaspora in national contexts as diverse as Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, and Fiji."--Jacket.

subjects: South Asian authors,  Commonwealth fiction (English),  South Asians in literature,  History and criticism,  South Asian diaspora in literature,  Colonies in literature,  Colonies,  In literature,  Emigration and immigration in literature,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  English fiction,  Indentured servants in literature,  Household employees in literature,  Indentured servants,  History

Places: Great Britain