narratives of a passage from India to the Caribbean
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Shepherd, Verene A.
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B4065 - B
- Thesaurus
- dienstmeisjes, allochtonen, Indiaas, migratie, seksueel geweld, historisch, Guyana, 19e eeuw
- Description
- Maharani's misery sheds light on the fate of indentured Indians, especially women, as they crossed the oceans to labour on sugar plantations in the Caribbean (and elsewhere) in the nineteenth century. Narrating the tragedy of a young woman who died on one such passage, the book analyses 'sexploitation' as a routine aspect of the voyages of some of the indentureds, men and women.