Recasting Indian women in colonial Guyana:
gender, labor and caste in the lives of
indentured and free laborers
by M. Seenarine
Indentured emigration (1838-1917) had different effects on the population
in Guyana, based on an individual’s gender, religion, class, caste, race,
location and age. This paper explores how these effects were different with
relevance to indian women. While the shortage of indian females during the
early indenture period might have resulted in an improved status for some
indian women in guyana, it also led to various forms of control and servitude.
During the later indenture period, indian women were ‘re-casted’ through the
blending of indian religions and cultures, and the rebuilding of the indian male
family structure, both of which served to divide women and reinforce male
control of females’ labor, sexuality, reproduction and mobility......
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