- Title
- Memsahib and missus: transcolonial constructions of the white mistress in India and Australia
- Creator
- Haskins, Victoria
- Relation
- Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia Vol. 39-40, Issue 1, p. 221-235
- Relation
- http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/JOSA/journals.htm
- Publisher
- Oriental Society of Australia, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- There is a striking similarity in the representation of historical white women in India and in Australia; on the one hand we find the 'memsahib' and on the other the 'missus', and both designated by their roles not only of wife and mother to white men, but also as mistress to native workers.
- Subject
- white women; representation of women; India; Australia
- Identifier
- uon:5530
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43417
- Identifier
- ISSN:0030-5340
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