Murder in the Andamans: A Colonial Narrative of Sodomy, Jealousy and Violence

This article will analyse colonial discourses on sodomy, jealousy and violence connected with the penal settlement of the Andamans in late 19th and early 20th century. The narrative in these files elucidates the incoherent ways in which colonial officials of different ranks tried to rationalise the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manju Ludwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2013-10-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/3633