Gender and imperialism / Edition 1

by Clare Midgley, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie

Overview

This book marks an important new intervention into a vibrant area of scholarship, creating a dialogue between the histories of imperialism and of women and gender. By engaging critically with both traditional British imperial history and colonial discourse analysis, the essays demonstrate how feminist historians can play a central role in creating new histories of British imperialism.

Chronologically, the focus is on the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries, while geographically the essays range from the Caribbean to Australia and span India, Africa, Ireland and Britain itself. Topics explored include the question of female agency in imperial contexts, the relationships between feminism and nationalism, and questions of sexuality, masculinity and imperial power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719048203
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/29/1998
Series:	Studies in Imperialism , #28
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Clare Midgley is Senior Lecturer in History at Staffordshire University

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gender and Imperialism: Mapping the Connections
• Part I: Impositions and Impacts
• Age of Consent and Hegemonic Social Reform--Himani Bannerji
• White Women and Colonialism: Towards a Non-Recuperative History--Jane Haggis
• Part II: Reactions and Resistances
• Indian Christian Women and Indigenous Feminism--Padma Anagol
• National Liberation Movements and the Question of Women’s Liberation: The Irish Experience--Margaret Ward
• Australian Frontier Feminism and the Marauding White Man--Marilyn Lake
• Taking Liberties: Enslaved Women and Anti-Slavery in the Caribbean--Hilary Beckles
• Part III: The Empire at Home
• Anti-Slavery and the Roots of ‘Imperial Feminism’--Clare Midgley
• Going-a-Trolloping: Imperial Man Travels the Empire--Catherine Hall
• Britain’s Conscience on Africa: White Women, Race and Imperial Politics in Inter-War Britain--Barbara Bush

Editorial Reviews

This book unites the study of writings on women and gender with the study of British imperialism and colonialism. Nine contributions explore issues such as the age of consent and hegemonic social reform, Indian Christian women and indigenous feminis m, Australian frontier feminism and the marauding white man, enslaved women and anti-slavery in the Caribbean, and women, race, and imperial politics in inter-war Britain. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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