Race, Sex and Slavery: ‘Forced Labour’ in Central Asia and Afghanistan in the Early 19th Century

The word 'slavery' conjures images of cruelty, racial bigotry and economic exploitation associated with the plantation complex crucial to the Atlantic trading economy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Yet this was only one manifestation of practices of human bondage. This a...

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Vydané v:	Modern Asian studies Ročník 42; číslo 4; s. 629 - 671
Hlavný autor:	HOPKINS, B. D.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2008
Predmet:	19th century 20th century Afghanistan Asian history Central Asia Central Asian culture Concubinage Cruelty Domestic service Economic activity Exploitation Females Forced labor Forced prostitution Irrigated farming Islamic law Muslims Nineteenth Century Polygamy Prejudice Race Religions Religious influences Serfdom Sex Sikhism Slave women Slavery Slaves Social function Social history Social Institutions Social roles Victims Central Asia Afghanistan
ISSN:	0026-749X, 1469-8099
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Shrnutí:	The word 'slavery' conjures images of cruelty, racial bigotry and economic exploitation associated with the plantation complex crucial to the Atlantic trading economy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Yet this was only one manifestation of practices of human bondage. This article examines the practice of 'slavery' in a very different context, looking at Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Punjab in the early nineteenth century. Here, bondage was largely a social institution with economic ramifications, in contrast to its Atlantic counterpart. Slavery served a social, and often sexual function in many of these societies, with the majority of slaves being female domestic servants and concubines. Its victims were often religiously, rather than racially defined, although bondage was a cross-confessional phenomenon. The practice continued to be widespread throughout the region into the early twentieth century.
Bibliografia:	ark:/67375/6GQ-T8PWH9X9-7 ArticleID:00271 istex:356E99EF5A66E52970BA6DD39A489F53CA4BEAB6 PII:S0026749X0600271X SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2
ISSN:	0026-749X 1469-8099
DOI:	10.1017/S0026749X0600271X