Women, Indenture, and Resistance

Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations, the book delves into themes of migration, displacement, colonialism, physical and sexual violence, wife-murder, maternal neglect, madness, and economic hardsh...