Promiscuous, diseased and unfit: Discourses and embodiments of Indian indentured women across the British Empire, c. 1840–1920

Indian women represented something of a persistent problem for colonial officials. The Indian Government consistently emphasized the importance of obtaining high numbers of indentured women, as the lack of women on plantations was portrayed as leading to so-called vice and ‘immoral’ sexual relations...

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Main Author: Morag Flora Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jofstudindentleg.4.2.0021
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