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Imperial Inheritances: Lapses, Love And Laws In The Colonial Machine, Leila Neti
Imperial Inheritances: Lapses, Love And Laws In The Colonial Machine, Leila Neti
Leila Neti
This essay examines eighteenth- and nineteenth-century inheritance laws in India in order to analyse the intersections between state power, heteronormative reproductivity and colonial structures of race. In particular, I focus on the case of Troup et al. v. East India Company, which involves the estate of Begum Sumroo, one of the wealthiest women in colonial India. I explore the ways in which the normativization of western notions of inheritance, allied with reproductive heterosexuality, worked to undergird the racialized expansion of Empire. I argue that, by law, inheritance and gain came to be reinforced as heteronormative (in its definition, procreative) and …
Toward Collaborative Coalitions: From Internationalism To Interdisciplinarity, Leila Neti
Toward Collaborative Coalitions: From Internationalism To Interdisciplinarity, Leila Neti
Leila Neti
No abstract provided.
The Human Recycled: Insecurity In The Transnational Moment, Mrinalini Chakravorty, Leila Neti
The Human Recycled: Insecurity In The Transnational Moment, Mrinalini Chakravorty, Leila Neti
Leila Neti
No abstract provided.
Siting Speech: The Politics Of Imagining The Other In Meera Syal’S Anita And Me, Leila Neti
Siting Speech: The Politics Of Imagining The Other In Meera Syal’S Anita And Me, Leila Neti
Leila Neti
No abstract provided.
Blood And Dirt: The Politics Of Women’S Protest In Armagh Prison Northern Ireland, Leila Neti
Blood And Dirt: The Politics Of Women’S Protest In Armagh Prison Northern Ireland, Leila Neti
Leila Neti
No abstract provided.