To Be or Not To Be … a Global Citizen

Three doctors, three empires, and one subcontinent

Bibliographic Data

ID17366293
AuthorsMargret Frenz (0000-0002-4852-8969, University of Stuttgart, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume55
Issue4
Pages1185-1226
Publication date2020-11-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x20000256
OpenAlexW3099162411
LanguageEN
References cited38

This article investigates the circular intra- and transimperial movements of medical experts from colonial India in three imperial settings. The analysis of the trajectories of José Camillo Lisboa, Paramananda Mariadassou, and Mary Poonen Lukose highlights, first, how crucial freedom of movement—not only between parts of the same empire, but also across empire borders and between their metropoles as well as their colonies—was for individuals; secondly, how questions of citizenship, the recognition of degrees and certificates, and notions of gender, race, class, and place of origin played a role in enabling or preventing Indians living in Portuguese, French, or British India from studying or working elsewhere; and thirdly, how this in turn had an effect on their potential social mobility, which depended on the historical contingency of time and place, and the opportunities and limitations in these contexts. The article argues that through their chosen careers and their sociopolitical activities they expanded conventional notions of citizenship and lived as global citizens

Citizenship · Colonialism · Empire · Freedom of movement · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society

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