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Coolitude is both an intellectual interpretation of and a poetic and artistic immersion into the world of the vanished coolie. This collection of previously unpublished texts, poems and sketches captures the essence of the Indian plantation experience and deconstructs traditional depictions of the status of the coolie in the British Empire. The concept of 'Coolitude' encompasses the experiences of first generation workers together with those of their descendants spread across the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean islands today. The symbolic value of the word lies in both the scope it gives us to interpret the specificities of the coolie experience and its use as a comparative tool. The book embraces 'Coolitude' in its various incarnations: the shared experience of the voyaging migrants, the walk from village to port town and the weeks spent on board ship. All Coolies, irrespective of whether they went to Fiji, South Africa, the West Indies or the Indian Ocean islands, underwent an exile from their Indian homeland. Coolitude emphasizes their shared history.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Coolitude
• Subtitle: An Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora
• Author: Marina Carter, Khal Torabully
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9781843310037
• ISBN: 1843310031
• ID: 04853885
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Weight: 567 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 155 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. July 2002

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