Remittance Man

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf art movement
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Empire
colonial societies
gptkbp:culturalDepiction gptkb:literature
subject of folklore
gptkbp:defines A person, often from Britain, sent abroad and supported by regular remittances from home, usually to avoid scandal or disgrace.
gptkbp:exiledTo gptkb:crime
financial irresponsibility
family scandal
social disgrace
gptkbp:femaleEquivalent gptkb:Remittance_Woman
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:historicalName 19th and early 20th centuries
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Remittance Man
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:method regular remittances
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Rudyard_Kipling's_poem_'The_Remittance_Man'
gptkbp:perception often viewed with pity or contempt
seen as a black sheep of the family
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nicky_Henderson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7