The White Woman's Other Burden: Western Women and South Asia During British RuleIn The White Woman's Other Burden, Kumari Jayawardena re-evaluates the Western women who lived and worked in South Asia during the period of British rule. She tells the stories of many well-known women, including Katherine Mayo, Helena Blavatsky, Annie Besant, Madeleine Slade, and Mirra Richard and highlights the stories of dozens of women whose names have been forgotten today. In the course of this telling, Jayawardena raises the issues of race, class, and gender which are part of current debates among feminists throughout the world. |
Contents
From Londons West End to Jaffna | 135 |
Blazing the Trail for Indian Womens Freedom | 147 |
O Free Indeed O Gloriously Free | 157 |
Western Holy Mothers as Soul Mates of Indian Gurus | 175 |
From Admirals House to Gandhis Ashram | 195 |
PART V | 208 |
Women and Revolution | 221 |
Red Flags in the Emerald Isle | 245 |
PART III | 92 |
The Light of Asia or Hooey from the Orient? | 107 |
Sandals in India and Shoes in the West | 123 |
An Asian Feminist Gaze | 261 |
Bibliography | 293 |
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