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`A Frivolous Prosecution': Allegations Of Physical And Sexual Abuse Of Domestic Servants And The Defence Of Colonial Patriarchy In Darwin And Singapore, 1880s-1930s, Claire K. Lowrie
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This chapter explores the relationship between domestic service, violence, and colonial masculinities in the settler colony of Darwin and the exploitation colony of Singapore. The chapter analyses representations of assault and abuse of domestic servants by their British, white Australian, and Chinese masters in order to illuminate the ways in which violence could challenge or sustain colonial patriarchy. The central argument is that the ways in which violence towards Chinese and Aboriginal servants was either justified or ignored by the press, colonial officials, and ordinary colonists reflected an underlying agenda to protect the reputation of ruling-class men and the colonial …
Mapping The Trafficking Of Women Across Colonial Southeast Asia, 1600s-1930'S, Julia T. Martinez
Mapping The Trafficking Of Women Across Colonial Southeast Asia, 1600s-1930'S, Julia T. Martinez
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While slavery in the seventeenth century included a substantial traffic in Asian women, it was only in the late nineteenth century that the rise in trafficking in women in Asia came to the attention of international humanitarians who sought to combat this new form of post-abolition slavery. The increasing emphasis on women as slaves, held for the purposes of sexual exploitation, was to a large extent brought to public attention as the result of the enactment of the British Contagious Diseases Ordinance of 1870, which required that women working in prostitution be registered and counted. It was European colonialism in …
"Cookie" And "Jungle Boy": A Historical Sketch Of The Different Cooks For Different Folks In British Colonial Southeast Asis, Ca. 1850-1960, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
"Cookie" And "Jungle Boy": A Historical Sketch Of The Different Cooks For Different Folks In British Colonial Southeast Asis, Ca. 1850-1960, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
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This article advances the historiography on food and colonialism by using the categories of race, class and masculinity to highlight how social distinctions that were carefully maintained in the domestic sphere became blurred when colonials ventured into the field. South East Asian cooks, known as “Cookie,” were responsible for food preparation in colonial households of Malaysia and Singapore. It was their culinary skills and knowledge of local food supplies that helped develop a hybrid colonial cuisine. Other male servants in British Borneo, called simply “boys” in household, acquired the role of “jungle boys” when accompanying their colonial employers on travel …
Spreading The Word: Using Cookbooks And Colonial Memoirs To Examine The Foodways Of British Colonials In Asia, 1850-1900, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
Spreading The Word: Using Cookbooks And Colonial Memoirs To Examine The Foodways Of British Colonials In Asia, 1850-1900, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
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The emergence of the British hybrid colonial cuisine in Asia came about as a result of negotiation and collaboration between colonizer and colonized. British hybrid colonial cuisine, comprising unique dishes such as countless varieties of curries, mulligatawny, kedgeree, country captain and pish pash evolved over time and was a combination of elements of British food practices and Asian food ways.
Shaming And Sanitation In Indonesia: A Return To Colonial Public Health Practices?, Susan Engel, Anggun Susilo
Shaming And Sanitation In Indonesia: A Return To Colonial Public Health Practices?, Susan Engel, Anggun Susilo
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Adequate sanitation is vital to human health, yet progress on the Millennium Development Goal for sanitation has been slow and the target is likely to be missed by one billion people. Indonesia has the third highest number of people of any country in the world without access to sanitation and, like most developing countries, it is devoting insufficient resources to the issue. In rural areas, rather than providing additional funding, the government - with support of the World Bank - has promoted the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, which uses social mobilization to encourage people to construct their own latrines. …
Tone It Down A Bit!: Euphemism As A Colonial Device In Australian Indigenous Studies, Colleen Mcgloin
Tone It Down A Bit!: Euphemism As A Colonial Device In Australian Indigenous Studies, Colleen Mcgloin
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In a previous article discussing the politics of language in Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and learning contexts, my colleague and I stated our objective in writing that article was to ‘‘instill’’ a sense of the importance of the political nature of language to our student body (McGloin and Carlson 2013). We wanted to engage students in the idea that language, as a conduit for describing the world, is not a neutral channel for its portrayal or depiction; rather, that it is a political device that is often a contributing force to racism and the perpetuation of colonial violence.While reviews of …
Food Culture In Colonial Asia: A Taste Of Empire, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
Food Culture In Colonial Asia: A Taste Of Empire, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir
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Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and 1963. Domestic cookbooks, household management manuals, memoirs, diaries and travelogues are used to investigate the culinary practices in the colonial household, as well as in clubs, hill stations, hotels and restaurants. Challenging accepted ideas about colonial cuisine, the book argues that a distinctive cuisine emerged as a result of negotiation and collaboration between the expatriate British and local people, and included dishes such as curries, mulligatawny, kedgeree, country …