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"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
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
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 …
Engendering Scientific Pursuits: Australian Women And Science, 1880-1960, Jane L. Carey
Engendering Scientific Pursuits: Australian Women And Science, 1880-1960, Jane L. Carey
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Science is generally perceived as one of the most strongly gendered spheres within modern society. The perceived 'masculine' construction of scientific practice has been the focus of numerous overseas studies of women's historic absence from science. However, the experiences of Australian women scientists, in many ways, stand in stark contrast to this construction. Existing historical accounts of Australian science reveal little about women's participation in the field. It is perhaps surprising to find that, during the first half of this century, women were in fact studying science in quite high numbers. Indeed, few seem to have felt they were doing …