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- Title
The Transcolonial Politics of Chinese Domestic Mastery in Singapore and Darwin 1910s-1930s.
- Authors
Lowrie, Claire
- Abstract
The article looks at domestic service in Chinese homes in the British colonies of Singapore and Darwin, Australia during the early 20th century. It explores issues surrounding colonial power, intimacy, and domestic mastery among non-European elites. According to the author, Chinese employers in Singapore were depicted sympathetically by the exploitation colony's British residents and rulers, while they were viewed with distrust in the settler colony of Australia, illustrating the different goals and discourses of these two forms of colonialism. Details related to child-rescue campaigns targeted at aboriginal and mixed-race servants in Darwin and mui tsai, or girl slaves, in Singapore are presented. Other topics include sexual exploitation, corruption, and social class.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; NORTHERN Territory; DARWIN (N.T.); HOUSEHOLD employees; OVERSEAS Chinese; HISTORY of Singapore -- 1867-1942; IMPERIALISM; TWENTIETH century; EXPLOITATION of humans; COLONISTS; ABORIGINAL Australians; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1532-5768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cch.2011.0035