Imperial Bodies: The Physical Experience of the Raj, c.1800-1947

Acknowledgements.

Glossary.

Introduction.

Part I: The Nabob, c.1800-1857.

1. The Indianized Body.

Rule as an 'Indian Idiom'.

Survival of an 'Indian Idiom'.

The Dangers of Indianization.

The Limits of Indianization.

The Depth of Indianization.

2. The Anglicization of the Body.

Rule in a British Idiom.

The Ban on the East.

Survival in a British Idiom.

3. The Limits of Anglicization.

The 'Baba Logue'.

The Bungalow.

The Household Servants.

Part II. The Sahib 1857-1939.

4. The Sahib as an Instrument of Rule.

The Competition-Wallah and the Ideal Official Body.

Imperial Ceremony and the Symbolic Body.

The Bureaucratic Body.

Prestige and Physical Violence.

5. The Social Body.

Social Life and Conformity.

The Fragility of Domestic Space.

Prestige in the Bathroom.

Degeneration and the Regulation of Sexuality.

Race and Sociability.

Epilogue: The Dissolution of the Anglo-Indian Body, 1939-1947.

Appendix.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.