001380262 000__ 05012nam\a2200517Ii\4500 001380262 001__ 1380262 001380262 003__ NhCcYBP 001380262 005__ 20211201003124.0 001380262 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001380262 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001380262 008__ 210107t20212021enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001380262 020__ $$a9781108937115$$q(electronic book) 001380262 020__ $$a110893711X$$q(electronic book) 001380262 020__ $$a9781009032360$$q(electronic book) 001380262 020__ $$a1009032364$$q(electronic book) 001380262 020__ $$z9781108837385 001380262 020__ $$z1108837387 001380262 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001380262 043__ $$aam----- 001380262 050_4 $$aHD6192.6$$b.D38 2021 001380262 08204 $$a331.409595/1$$223 001380262 1001_ $$aDatta, Arunima,$$eauthor. 001380262 24510 $$aFleeting agencies :$$ba social history of Indian coolie women in British Malaya /$$cArunima Datta. 001380262 264_1 $$aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$$aNew York, NY, USA :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2021. 001380262 264_4 $$c©2021 001380262 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 240 pages) 001380262 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001380262 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001380262 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001380262 4900_ $$aGlobal South Asians 001380262 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001380262 5050_ $$aCover -- FLEETING AGENCIES -- General Editor -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES ON THE TERM "COOLIE" -- SITUATING THE HISTORY OF COOLIE WOMEN -- SITUATIONAL AGENCY: (RE)CONCEIVING AGENCY -- FINDING AND NARRATING A HISTORY OF COOLIE WOMEN -- CHARTING UNCHARTED HISTORIES -- 1 COOLIE WOMEN IN THE EMPIRE'S RUBBER GARDEN: HISTORICAL AND CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND -- THE LABOR CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIA AND MALAYA -- NEED FOR COOLIE WOMEN ON ESTATES IN MALAYA -- ECONOMIC CONCERNS OF PLANTERS -- POLITICAL CONCERNS OF PLANTERS -- TENSIONS AMONGST PLANTERS IN MALAYA -- ADDRESSING LABOR CONCERNS THROUGH PLANNED GENDERED LABOR RECRUITMENT -- COOLIE WOMEN AND CALLS FROM THE EMPIRE'S RUBBER GARDEN -- (RE)CONCEIVING INDIAN COOLIE WOMEN'S MIGRATION HISTORY -- 2 "TAPPING" RESOURCES: (RE)FIGURING THE LABOR OF COOLIE WOMEN ON ESTATES -- PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING LABOR -- PRODUCING LABOR -- Weeding -- Tapping -- Factory Work -- REPRODUCING LABOR -- ASSESSING "DEPENDENCE" AND "DEPENDENT" IMAGES OF COOLIE WOMEN -- COOLIE WOMEN, LABOR STRIKES, AND RIOTS -- COOLIE WOMEN AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH ESTATE HIERARCHIES -- REMEMBERING COOLIE WOMEN'S "IDENTITIES" AND CONTRIBUTIONS ON ESTATES -- 3 MANAGING "PARTNERSHIPS": DOMESTICITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVORS -- THE COOLIE HOUSEHOLD: SPATIALITIES OF VIOLENCE -- COLONIAL DESIGNS FOR COOLIE HOUSEHOLDS -- COMPLICATED REALITIES OF COOLIE HOUSEHOLDS -- VARIOUS DEPICTIONS OF COOLIE HOUSEHOLDS -- CONCEIVING THE POSITION OF COOLIE WOMEN IN COOLIE HOUSEHOLDS -- COOLIE WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF VIOLENCE -- 4 NEGOTIATING INTIMACIES AND MORALITIES: ENTICEMENTS, DESERTIONS, VIOLENCE, AND GENDERED TRIALS -- COOLIE WOMEN'S INTIMATE RELATIONS AND COLONIAL JUDGMENTALISM -- IN THE NAME OF SOCIAL ORDER AND NATIONAL HONOR. 001380262 5058_ $$a(RE)VISIONING COOLIE WOMEN'S INTIMACIES -- 5 BECOMING "RANIS": COOLIE WOMEN AS RANI OF JHANSI REGIMENT RECRUITS IN WORLD WAR II -- FORMATION OF THE RANI OF JHANSI REGIMENT (RJR) -- EVERYDAY LIFE FOR INDIANS IN MALAYA UNDER JAPANESE OCCUPATION -- NEGOTIATING (IN)SECURITY: ESTATE WOMEN, AGENCY, AND ACTS OF SURVIVANCE -- THE REWARDS OF PARTICIPATION -- THE RANIS AS A DISCURSIVE RESOURCE FOR INDIAN NATIONALISTS -- (UN)COVERING THE HISTORY OF ORDINARY WOMEN IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES -- CONCLUSION -- (RE)THINKING AGENCY -- PLACING COOLIE WOMEN IN COLONIAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY -- (RE)IMAGINING SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGING "PAST CONTINUITIES" -- GLOSSARY -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARCHIVES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED -- INDIA -- MALAYSIA -- SINGAPORE -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, AND NEWSPAPERS -- ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVES -- PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES -- INDIA -- MALAYSIA -- SINGAPORE -- BRITAIN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- PERSONAL INTERVIEWS -- DISSERTATIONS -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- INDEX. 001380262 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001380262 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001380262 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; 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