Imperial white : race, diaspora, and the British Empire / Radhika Mohanram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohanram, Radhika.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Ethnicity.

Ethnicity--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Sex role--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Sex role--Great Britain--History--19th century.

White people--Race identity--Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

White people.

White people--Race identity--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--Race relations.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radhika Mohanram shows not just how British imperial culture shaped the colonies but how the imperial rule of colonies gave new meanings to what it meant to be British. Considering whether whiteness, like theory, can travel, Mohanram also provides a new perspective on white diaspora, a phenomenon of the nineteenth century that has been largely absent in diaspora studies, ultimately rethinking British imperial whiteness.

Contents:

pt. 1. In the metropole. White masculinity : playing rugby and the Sepoy Mutiny

The whiteness of women : in theory and under lock and key

Victoria's secret : the history of white sexuality

pt. 2. In the south. White water : race and oceans down under

Mourning and melancholia : the wages of whiteness

Dermographia : how the Irish became white in India

Epilogue : Europe as an other.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5382-8

OCLC:

476125686