{"product_id":"fleeting-agencies-a-social-history-of-indian-coolie-women-in-british-malaya-hardback-9781108837385","title":"Fleeting Agencies; A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya (Hardback) 9781108837385","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFleeting Agencies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritically examines the agency and history of long-silenced coolie women and their role in colonial economy and transnational movements.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArunima Datta (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108837385, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… This book is a strong intervention in a field of research that has received little attention, and importantly, no investment, for decades. That field is women's social history in Malaya and Malaysia … Datta has broken new ground by centring the stories of workers who were doubly marginalised, on racial as well as gender grounds.' Amrita Malhi, History Australia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFleeting Agencies disrupts the male-dominated narratives by focusing on gendered patterns of migration and showing how South Asian women labour migrants engaged with the process of migration, interacted with other migrants and negotiated colonial laws. This is the first study of Indian coolie women in British Malaya to date. In exploring the politicization of labour migration trends and gender relations in the colonial plantation society in British Malaya, the author foregrounds how the migrant Indian 'coolie' women manipulated colonial legal and administrative perceptions of Indian women; their gender-prescriptive roles, relations within patriarchal marriage institutions, and even the emerging Indian national independence movement in India and Malaya. All this, to ensure their survival, escape from unfavourable relations and situations, and improve their lives. The book also introduces the concept of situational or fleeting agency, which contributes to further a nuanced understanding of agency in the lives of Indian coolie women.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures and Diagrams\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Coolie Women in the Empire's Rubber Garden: Historical and Contextual Background\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Tapping' Resources: (Re) Figuring the Labour of Coolie Women on Estates\u003cbr\u003e 3. Managing 'Partnerships': Domesticity and Entrepreneurial Endeavours\u003cbr\u003e 4. Negotiating Intimacies and Moralities: Enticements, Desertions, Violence and Gendered Trials\u003cbr\u003e 5. Becoming 'Ranis': Coolie Women as Rani Jhansi Regiment Recruits in WWII\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes and References\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology:%20work%20\u0026amp;%20labour%20%5BJHBL%5D%22\"\u003eJHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], Gender studies: women [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: women\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20women%20%5BJFSJ1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ1\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913224249624,"sku":"9781108837385","price":61.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108837385i.jpg?v=1696727326","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fleeting-agencies-a-social-history-of-indian-coolie-women-in-british-malaya-hardback-9781108837385","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}