Savagery and Colonialism in the Indian Ocean

This book examines savagery and the savage as dynamic components of colonialism in South Asia. Focusing on the colonial discourses of race, criminality, civilization, and savagery, it illuminates and historicizes the processes by which the discourse of savagery was expressed in the Andamans, British India, Britain and the wider empire.

1. Racializing the Andamanese 2. Counterinsurgency and the Jungle 3. Clearings of the Kidnapped 4. The Dying Savage: Work, Medicine and Andamanese Extinction 5. Another Jungle: Natives and Savages 6. Savage Pleasures: The Erotics of the Andamanese Body .Conclusion: Beyond the Clearing