Author: Kelly, John D.
Title: A Politics of Virtue : Hinduism, Sexuality & Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji
Description: Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, (1991). orig. cloth. xvi,266 pp, 23x15cm,. Minor rubbing, Some light binding stains. VG. ¶ Contents: Public Debates & Political Crisis, 1929 - 1932: The Strange Place of Discourse on Sexuality in Fiji Indian History; Indenture & the Discourse that Ended It: Sexual Exploitation & a Hindu Moral Rhetoric; " The Indian Problem" Before the End of Indenture; The 1920s: Policy Debates & Indian Withdrawal; The Mission of Arya Samaj; The New "Indian Problem"; Policy Debates: Panchayats, Education & Marriage Reconsidered; "The Need is for Pure & Holy Patriots": The Religious Debates & the Fall of Vishnu Deo; Hinduism, Sexuality, & Countercolonial Discourse: A Politics of Virtue & the Failure of the Arya Samaj.

Keywords: Melanesia, Hindu Minority, Indentured Laborers, East Indian Labour, Fiji Indians, Colonial History, Social Movements, Arya Samaj, Political Hinduism, Anthropology