John Solomon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Solomon |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Solomon |
| SIGNATURE | SOLOMON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5686-0187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Citizens at the End of Empire
The disintegration of the British Empire in Asia and the emergence of new nation-states marked a period of significant upheaval for communities whose identities and mobilities were fundamentally reconstituted by a new system of borders, citizenships, and nationalities. In this article, I seek to explore a social history of early citizenship in Singapore by examining how citizenship was understood and conceived by varied segments of society during…
Caldwell's Dravidians
This article examines British Protestant missionary scholars' representations of Tamil culture and history, analysing how this form of knowledge evolved in relation to missionary concerns and the intellectual trends of nineteenth-century India. I focus on the work of Robert Caldwell, whose scholarship had a profound influence on the identity discourses of twentieth-century Tamil nationalism. I situate Caldwell's work in ethnography and philology …
Fallout
A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore
Untouchable migrants made up a substantial proportion of Indian labour migration into Singapore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. During this period, they were subject to forms of caste prejudice and discrimination that powerfully reinforced their identities as untouchables overseas. Today, however, untouchability has disappeared from the public sphere and has been replaced by other notions of identity, leaving unanswered questions as to…
Sikhs in Southeast Asia
SHAMSUL A.B. and ARUNAJEET KAUR (eds). Sikhs in Southeast Asia: Negotiating an Identity . Singapore: ISEAS, 2011. 321 pp. S$59.90/US$54.90, hardcover. The Sikh diaspora in Southeast Asia has previo
The Decline of Pan-Indian Identity and the Development of Tamil Cultural Separatism in Singapore, 1856–1965
This paper explores the rise and fall of pan-Indianism as the dominant identity narrative amongst the Indian diaspora in Singapore in the mid twentieth century, and its replacement with a normative Indian identity based primarily on Tamil culture. It will analyse some of the reasons why a Tamil cultural separatism came to dominate negotiations of ethnic identity in early post-war Singapore. This will include an examination of colonial ethnographi…
The Decline of Pan-Indian Identity and the Development of Tamil Cultural Separatism in Singapore, 1856–1965
This paper explores the rise and fall of pan-Indianism as the dominant identity narrative amongst the Indian diaspora in Singapore in the mid twentieth century, and its replacement with a normative Indian identity based primarily on Tamil culture. It will analyse some of the reasons why a Tamil cultural separatism came to dominate negotiations of ethnic identity in early post-war Singapore. This will include an examination of colonial ethnographi…
Sikhs in Southeast Asia
SHAMSUL A.B. and ARUNAJEET KAUR (eds). Sikhs in Southeast Asia: Negotiating an Identity . Singapore: ISEAS, 2011. 321 pp. S$59.90/US$54.90, hardcover. The Sikh diaspora in Southeast Asia has previo
Sikhs in Southeast Asia
SHAMSUL A.B. and ARUNAJEET KAUR (eds). Sikhs in Southeast Asia: Negotiating an Identity . Singapore: ISEAS, 2011. 321 pp. S$59.90/US$54.90, hardcover. The Sikh diaspora in Southeast Asia has previo
The Decline of Pan-Indian Identity and the Development of Tamil Cultural Separatism in Singapore, 1856–1965
This paper explores the rise and fall of pan-Indianism as the dominant identity narrative amongst the Indian diaspora in Singapore in the mid twentieth century, and its replacement with a normative Indian identity based primarily on Tamil culture. It will analyse some of the reasons why a Tamil cultural separatism came to dominate negotiations of ethnic identity in early post-war Singapore. This will include an examination of colonial ethnographi…
A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore
Untouchable migrants made up a substantial proportion of Indian labour migration into Singapore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. During this period, they were subject to forms of caste prejudice and discrimination that powerfully reinforced their identities as untouchables overseas. Today, however, untouchability has disappeared from the public sphere and has been replaced by other notions of identity, leaving unanswered questions as to…
Fallout
Caldwell's Dravidians
This article examines British Protestant missionary scholars' representations of Tamil culture and history, analysing how this form of knowledge evolved in relation to missionary concerns and the intellectual trends of nineteenth-century India. I focus on the work of Robert Caldwell, whose scholarship had a profound influence on the identity discourses of twentieth-century Tamil nationalism. I situate Caldwell's work in ethnography and philology …
Citizens at the End of Empire
The disintegration of the British Empire in Asia and the emergence of new nation-states marked a period of significant upheaval for communities whose identities and mobilities were fundamentally reconstituted by a new system of borders, citizenships, and nationalities. In this article, I seek to explore a social history of early citizenship in Singapore by examining how citizenship was understood and conceived by varied segments of society during…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Diaspora (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works)