The Good Parsi
The Postcolonial 'Feminization' of a Colonial Elite
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2574639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T M Luhrmann (0000-0001-9923-4234, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Man (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-1496 • E-ISSN: 2397-2548 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2804477 |
| OpenAlex | W2472944449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 13 |
Etude sur les Parsis qui constituent une communaute reduite de la classe moyenne de Bombay apres avoir forme, sous l'empire britannique, une elite tres occidentalisee. Durant l'epoque coloniale, ils se sont identifies aux Britanniques, aux valeurs progressives, rationnelles, et masculines que ces derniers representaient. Quant aux autorites coloniales, elles ont identifie les Parsis a la masculinite, par contraste avec le reste de la population, jugee traditionnelle, irrationnelle, et effeminee. Dans l'Inde independante d'aujourd'hui, les Parsis traitent leurs jeunes hommes de « fils a maman » effemines : ce processus d'inversion metaphorique est decrit comme un « heritage symbolique ineluctable
Archaeology · Colonialism · Elite · Feminization (sociology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Cinema and Culture
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |