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Christmas in Calcutta: Anglo-Indian Stories and Essays

by Robyn Andrews
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9788132113485
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
  • Publisher: Sage
  • Publisher Imprint: N/A
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 268
  • Original Price: INR 1095.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 842
  • Item Weight: 470 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Calcutta has one of the largest Anglo-Indian populations in the world. This is a community with members who occupy a wide range of socio-economic positions and who live a variety of lives that are always nuanced by their being Anglo-Indian. However, the community has been conveniently stereotyped by the media. Christmas in Calcutta goes beyond the stereotype and delves deep in this study of the Anglo-Indian community in Calcutta. The book comprises life stories, memoir pieces and essays on issues of contemporary interest. It is organised into four sections: ‘Identity’ focuses on the origins, characteristics and the constitutional definition of the community; ‘Faith’, or specifically the practice of Christianity, is the subject of study in the second section; ‘Education’ points out some of the failings of the education system for the community; and the final section, ‘Community Care’, talks about Anglo-Indian care and the consolidation of their community through this care. By drawing on the vital lives of real individuals, the author hopes that there is a change to the lens through which these people of India are viewed.

Andrews, Robyn: - Robyn Andrews is a Senior Lecturer in the Social Anthropology Programme at Massey University, New Zealand. She completed her PhD in 2005 which was based on ethnographic research of Calcutta's Anglo-Indian community. The author's main research interest is in Anglo-Indian studies. She is a recipient of several grants from the University towards this area of research. She continues in her research involvement with the community with a focus on the diaspora, life-story collection and ageing in particular. She was awarded a Massey University Women's Award in 2009. Andrews has published numerous articles in prominent journals and has several published articles in edited volumes.

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