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ID136947
Title ProperBreaking down racial barriers
Other Title Informationthe Maharaja of Patiala’s 1935 Australian cricket tour of India
LanguageENG
AuthorPonsford, Megan
Summary / Abstract (Note)To a great extent, popular representations of Indo–Australian relations have been viewed through the lens of CRICKET – the national game in both countries. Despite a proliferation of writing on colonial Indian CRICKET, Australia’s contribution to it has been largely ignored. In October 1935, a team of cricketers embarked on the first Australian tour to the subcontinent.1 The tour was conceived and FINANCED by the Maharaja of Patiala to assist preparation of an official Indian team to tour Britain in 1936. In this paper, I will draw upon primary sources and interviews to help articulate the complex colonial relationship between the East and the West, whilst locating the ambiguous position of Australia within this. Despite predominantly conforming to the Orientalist view that Westerners considered themselves a superior ‘race’, the Australian cricketers demonstrated an atypical cultural sensitivity to the Orient and the ‘Other’.
`In' analytical NoteIdentities : Global Studies in Culture and Politics Vol.22, No.2; Apr.2015: p.199-214
Journal SourceIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2015-04 22, 2
Standard NumberIndia