“The white man’s burden” : rhetorical constructions of race and identity in U.S. naturalization cases from India, 1914-1926
| dc.contributor.advisor | Roberts-Miller, Patricia, 1959- | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Murphy, Gretchen, 1971- | en |
| dc.creator | Coulson, Douglas Marshall | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-09-03T21:03:32Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2009-09-03T21:03:32Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-05 | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This report examines the rhetorical strategies employed in several judicial cases during the 1920s in which the U.S. government contested the racial eligibility of Hindus for naturalization under a law providing that only “white persons” were eligible for naturalization. Through a close examination of the arguments and evidence in the cases, the report argues that the decisions in the cases were inextricably linked to the the conflict between the British and a rising Hindu nationalism movement in the struggle for Indian independence during the period surrounding World War I, and thereby highlight the significance of a wide variety of group identities to racial identification as the courts in the cases negotiated the boundaries of America’s global identity through the lens of race. | en |
| dc.description.department | English | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-05-142 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Rhetoric | en |
| dc.subject | Race | en |
| dc.subject | Whiteness | en |
| dc.subject | Identity | en |
| dc.subject | Naturalization | en |
| dc.subject | Law | en |
| dc.subject | Prerequisite Cases | en |
| dc.subject | India | en |
| dc.subject | Hindu | en |
| dc.title | “The white man’s burden” : rhetorical constructions of race and identity in U.S. naturalization cases from India, 1914-1926 | en |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | English | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | English | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |