Gender and Empire

Name: Gender and Empire
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ISBN: 9780199249503

ISBN-10: 0199249504

ISBN-13: 9780199249503

Edition: 2007

Authors: Philippa Levine

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Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire produces an original volume full of fascinating new insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing together disparate fields - politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood, religion, migration, and many more topics - this new collection of essays demonstrates the richness of studying empire through the lens of gender. This more inclusive look at empire asks not only why the empire was dominated by men, but how that domination affected the conduct of imperial politics. The fresh, new interpretations of the British Empire offered here will interest readers across a wide range, and will demonstrate the vitality of…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Contributors



Introduction: Why Gender and Empire?




Empire, Gender, and Modernity in the Eighteenth Century




Of Gender and Empire: Reflections on the Nineteenth Century




Gender and Empire: The Twentieth Century




Medicine, Gender, and Empire




Sexuality, Gender, and Empire




Gender and Migration




Nations in an Imperial Crucible




Legacies of Departure: Decolonization, Nation-making, and Gender




Empire and Violence, 1900-1939




Childhood and Race: Growing Up in the Empire




Faith, Missionary Life, and the Family




Archive Stories: Gender in the Making of Imperial and Colonial Histories



Index