An edition of Gender negotiations among Indians in Trinidad, 1917-1947
(2002)
Gender negotiations among Indians in Trinidad, 1917-1947
by Patricia Mohammed
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Gender Negotiations among Indians in Trinidad 1917-1947
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of Tables and Figures xi
Glossary xiii
Acknowledgements xx
1 Introduction 1
Introduction I
Indian Migration to Trinidad 4
The Idea of an Indian Community in Trinidad 6
The Centrality of Gender in Identity Formation 9
The Concept of Gender Negotiation 12
Crossing the Black Water:
2 From India to Trinidad, 1845-19171
Introduction 17
Ideological Hegemonies of Gender in India 19
Contestation of Ideological Hegemonies in India 23
Anti-colonial and Anti-patriarchal Struggles in India 25
The Context of Migration from India 29
The 'Indian Woman Question' 37
The First Negotiations 40
Caste and gender pollution 40
Female reproduction and production 42
Freedom and constraints within estate life 44
Interracial liaisons and violent retaliations 44
Female responses 46
The Twice Outcaste Sex 47
Gender in the Definition of Indian Identity
in Trinidad 54
Introduction 54
The Colonial Order 55
Statutory Definitions of Difference within the Colonial Order 59
The Anti-colonial Discourse in Trinidad 62
The Indo-Trinidadian Nationalist Struggle 63
The Markers of Indian Ethnic Difference in Trinidad 69
Entrances and exits 69
Indian attitudes to the new society 73
Visual markers 75
Language and identity 77
Cultural Stereotypes 79
The Home versus the World: The Centrality of Gender 80
Preservation of the Race 83
4 Gender Dynamics in the Making of Community 92
A Steady Labour Force 92
From Estate Labour to Land Acquisition: Relocating
Community 104
Family Strategies 115
Conclusion 125
Appendices
4.1 Map of lots sold to villages of Lengua Village and
surrounding areas 127
4.2 Map of sugar and cocoa estates in Trinidad in the
19th and early 20th centuries 128
4.3 Map of main towns and villages in the 19th and
early 20th centuries in Trinidad 129
4.4 Report of the Wages Committee of 1920 131
The Reconfiguration of Masculinity and
Femininity: Negotiating with Myth and Symbols 134
Introduction 134
Continuities and Correspondence 137
Transmitters of Myth and Symbol 142
Ritual religious occasions 142
Orality and transmission of gender ideology 149
Transmission through literary sources: Newspapers,
lectures and debating societies 154
Heroes and heroines of the silver screen 159
Negotiating with Symbols of Patriarchy 165
Patriarchal Symbols 168
Conclusion 174
6 Renegotiating Sexuality 175
Introduction 175
Colonial Attitudes to the Sexuality of Indians 177
Christian Missionary Attitudes to Indian Morality and 182
Sexuality
Colonial and Christian Morality 185
The Attitude to Indian Sexuality in Creole Trinidad 186
Negotiation of Sexuality among Indians 188
Violent confrontations 188
Village sanctions and control 190
Female Responses 194
Male Responses to a Subverted Patriarchy 202
Male Control of Female Sexuality 208
Conclusion 213
7 Family, Marriage and Love 215
Introduction 215
Nata Ke Bhai to Pariwaar: The Recreation of Family and
Kinship Systems 217
Internal Affairs: Marriage Negotiations in the Indian
Community 226
The arrangement of marriages 227
Negotiating intimacy and gender relations in child 231
marriages
Breakdown in arranged marriages 233
Successful arrangements 234
Education and the deferral of arranged marriages 238
From Respect to Romantic Love 247
Compromises Between Parents and Children 258
Conclusion 260
8 The Troubled Legacy of History and Love 262
Notes 270
Bibliography 299
Index 312.
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Includes bibliography and index.
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