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A Politics of Virtue: Hinduism, Sexuality, and Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji [Hardcover]

John D. Kelly (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0226430308 | ISBN-13: 978-0226430300 | Publication Date: January 15, 1992 | Edition: 1

Kelly opens new questions about dialogue, colonial power, and
changing conditions of political possibility by examining the
connection between politics and sexual morality in the British
colony of Fiji from 1929 to 1932.

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Hardcover: 282 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (January 15, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226430308
ISBN-13: 978-0226430300
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
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This book was absloutly amazing. It may have been the best book i have ever read. It gave my many great ideas for my trip to fiji next year. I liked fiji so much from reading this book that I feel like I've already been there.

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Between 1930 and 1932 public debates between religious societies dominated Fiji Indian public discourse and amazed and appalled colonial observers. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
headman scheme, indenture days, sangathan movement, sanatan dharm, coolie lines, communal franchise, sectional societies, bhakti devotionalism, countercolonial discourse, council boycott, common roll, indenture system, common franchise, marriage ordinance, marriage officer, personal law, customary marriages, eternal religion

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Arya Samaj, Fiji Indians, Vishnu Deo, Legislative Council, Colonial Secretary, Ram Chandra, Indian Reform League, Colonial Office, Attorney General, Fiji Samachar, Fiji Times, Agent-General of Immigration, Muslim League, Badri Maharaj, Fiji Europeans, Pacific Press, Secretary of State, Hindu Maha Sabha, Executive Council, Round Table, Sundar Singh, Bashishth Muni, District Commissioner, Shri Krishna Sharma, Education Commission

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Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 6 by Ranajit Guha in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Swami Dayanand (A Biography) by Jagdev M. Sharma on page 85, and page 242
Edinburgh Review (Edinburgh Review S.) (v. 99) by John Burnside on page 10, and Back Matter
Recasting Women: Essays in Indian Colonial History by Kumkum Sangari in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault on page 23, and Back Matter

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Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India by Peter van der Veer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Nation and Migration: The Politics of Space in the South Asian Diaspora (South Asia Seminar) by Peter van der Veer on page 72, and page 90
Stitches on Time: Colonial Textures and Postcolonial Tangles by Saurabh Dube in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Sights of Contestation: Localism, Globalism and Cultural Production in Asia and the Pacific by Kwok-kan Tam on page 251, and page 254
Postcolonialism: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol. 2 by Diana Brydon on page 3

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