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Another British World? Tamils, Empire, and Mobility
Britain and the World ( IF 0.353 ) Pub Date : 2017-03-01 , DOI: 10.3366/brw.2017.0260
L. M. Ratnapalan

This article addresses a need for refinement and greater conceptual clarity about non-white British identity in the British Empire and its aftermath, by focussing on the Tamils of Jaffna in northern Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Tamils from socially and intellectually elite backgrounds exemplify the nuances of a particular type of non-white ‘British’ identity, which are explored here as variously functional, ascribed, and emotional. ‘Functional’ refers to modes of identification in which Tamils attempted to call on a British moral and intellectual heritage in order to achieve political goals. By contrast, ‘ascribed’ denotes a Britishness that was imposed on Tamils by other colonial subjects as a result of their perceived affiliation with British authority and power. Finally, ‘emotional’ identification with Britishness refers to residual or outmoded forms of attachment to a shared imperial identity, which were expressed by Tamils in the aftermath of the British Empire. While Tamils never simply self-identified as ‘B...

中文翻译:

另一个英国世界?泰米尔,帝国与机动

本文着眼于在大锡兰(斯里兰卡)北部贾夫纳的泰米尔人,对大英帝国及其后果中非白人英国身份的提炼和更大的概念清晰性。来自社会和智力上的精英背景的泰米尔人举例说明了一种特定类型的非白人“英国”身份的细微差别,在此将其探讨为具有各种功能,归属和情感。“功能性”是指泰米尔人试图通过其英国的道德和知识遗产来实现政治目标的识别方式。相比之下,“归因于”是指由于其他殖民者被认为与英国权威和权力有联系而强加给泰米尔人的英国性。最后,英国人的“情感”认同是指对帝国共同身份的依恋的残留或过时形式,这是泰米尔人在大英帝国统治后所表达的。虽然泰米尔(Tamils)从未简单地将自己标识为“ B ...
更新日期:2017-03-01
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