ABSTRACT
In The White Woman's Other Burden, Kumari Jayawardena re-evaluates the Western women who lived and worked in South Asia during the period of British rule. She tells the stories of many well-known women, including Katherine Mayo, Helena Blavatsky, Annie Besant, Madeleine Slade, and Mirra Richard and highlights the stories of dozens of women whose names have been forgotten today. In the course of this telling, Jayawardena raises the issues of race, class, and gender which are part of current debates among feminists throughout the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|44 pages
Saving the Sisters from the Sacred Cows
part II|41 pages
Mothering India
part III|67 pages
“Consolation in an Alien Society”
chapter 9|12 pages
From London's West end to Jaffna
part IV|45 pages
White Women in Search of Black Gods
chapter 13|12 pages
Irish Rebellion and “Muscular Hinduism”
part V|41 pages
Comrades in Arms