'We must hunt with the hounds and run with the hare!' The changing identity of Parsis in India and abroad

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Rosen Jacobson, E.W. (Liesbeth) (2012)

'We must hunt with the hounds and run with the hare!' The changing identity of Parsis in India and abroad

Research master thesis | History: Societies and Institutions (research) (MA)

This thesis is about the Parsis, a special Indian minority group who came to India more than a millenium ago. The Parsis became very wealthy and influential under British colonial rule and acquired great esteem as a colonial elite. After decolonisation of the British Indies, this picture completely turned upside town and a lot of Parsis left India for a western country such as the UK and the US. Thus, they had to reconstruct their identity both in India and the US and the UK. This thesis examines this double identity reconstruction by means of a combination of literary analysis and discourse analysis.

Author: Rosen Jacobson, E.W. (Liesbeth)

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Migration and Global Interdependence

Supervisors: Schrover, M.L.J.C.

ECTS Credits: 40

Language: en

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'We must hunt with the hounds and run with the hare!' The changing identity of Parsis in India and abroad