Gender and imperialism / edited by Clare Midgley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Midgley, Clare, 1955-

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

Sex role--History.

Sex role.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Gender history is more than the recovery of women's pasts and inclusion of female experiences into history. This book brings together two traditionally separate areas of historical literature: writings on women and gender on the one hand, and scholarship on British imperialism and colonialism on the other. It 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 book demonstrates how feminist historians can play a central role in creating new histories of British imperialism. The first part of the book offers new perspectives on the nature of British imperial power through exploring the gender dimensions of the imposition of British control. It discusses study of the age of consent, body of scholarship, and British women missionaries in India. The second part talks about the gender dimensions of a spectrum of reactions to British imperialism. The focus is on colonising women and the colonized women. The third part switches from colonial contexts to explore the impact of imperialism within Britain itself. It presents both the anti-slavery discourse constructed by women anti-slavery campaigners and the 'triple discourse' of anti-slavery in early feminist tracts of 1790 to 1869 as marking key roots of the 'imperial feminism'. Finally, the inter-war period is explored focusing on the under-researched area of white women's involvement in imperial politics and race issues.

Contents:

Gender and imperialism

mapping the connections / Clare Midgley

Part 1. Impositions and impacts: age of consent and hegemonic social reform / Himani Bannerji

White women and colonialism

a non-recuperative history / Jane Haggis

Part 2. Reactions and resistance: 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 McD. Beckles

Part 3. 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Mar 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.

ISBN:

9780719048203

9781526119681

OCLC:

1517372672