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020			_a9781843310068
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100			_aCarter, Marina.
245		0	_aCoolitude : an anthology of the Indian labour diaspora
260			_aLondon
260			_bAnthem Press
260			_c2002
300			_a243 p.
520			_aCoolitude 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 This collection of previously unpublished texts, poems and sketches captures the essence of the Indian plantation experience and deconstructs traditional depictions of the status of the coolie in the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 the 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 voyag ing 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 empha sizes their shared history.
650			_aLabour and labouring classes
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