The Stain of White
Liaisons, Memories, and White Men as Relatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2387728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janaki Abraham (University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-151 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Men and Masculinities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1097-184X • E-ISSN: 1552-6828 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1097184x06287764 |
| OpenAlex | W2105479731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
During British colonial rule some matrilineal Thiyya women in North Kerala, India, had liaisons with British men. While the response of the caste (here, a Backward caste) to these liaisons shifted over time, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century many women who had liaisons and their families were excommunicated. A 'white connection' became a stain and kinship with the white man was denied or shrouded. This article looks at the ways in which both the liaisons and the denial of the white man as father or relative were located within practices of matrilineal kinship. Furthermore, this article seeks to understand how these liaisons are remembered today and how the presence of the white man as a relative is layered over by processes of forgetting and remembering
Archaeology · Biology · Caste · Colonialism · Creole language · Denial · Ethnology · Genealogy · Kinship · Linguistics · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Cinema and Culture
Caste, Conflict and Ideology
Race, sex, and class under the Raj
Between Metropole and ColonyRethinking a Research Agenda
Race and the Education of Desire
Tensions of Empire
Colonial masculinity
Colonial desire
Colonial Desire
Rethinking Colonial Categories
Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers
Cultural revolt in a colonial society
On the Purity of Women in the Castes of Ceylon and Malabar
Iconographies of Anglo-Indian Women
Imperial Leather
The Politics of Forgetting
Contentious Traditions
Making Empire Respectable
Castings for the Colonial
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |