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Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance
Chaudhuri
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Description for Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance
Paperback. Explores what Western women did, thought, and felt in and about the colonies in Africa and India, areas that have been presented, both at the time and in subsequent scholarship, as 'no place for a white woman'. This title analyzes Western women's complicity in the cultural values dominant during an imperialist era. Editor(s): Chaudhuri, Nupur; Strobel, Margaret. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
"[Western Women and Imperialism] provides fascinating insights into interactions and attitudes between western and non-western women, mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is an important contribution to the field of women's studies and (primarily British) imperial history, in that many of the essays explore problems of cross-cultural interaction that have been heretofore ignored." —Nancy Fix Anderson
"A challenging anthology in which a multiplicity of authors sheds new light on the waves of missionaries, 'memsahibs,' nurses—and feminists." —Ms.
". . . a long-overdue engagement with colonial discourse and feminism. . . . excellent essays . . ." —The Year's Work ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
A Midland Book
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253207050
SKU
V9780253207050
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About Chaudhuri
NUPUR CHAUDHURI, who teaches at Texas Southern University, is the coeditor of Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance, and coeditor of a special issue on "Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality: National and Global Perspectives" for the National Women's Studies Journal. She has written extensively on gender and imperialism and her articles have appeared in Journal of Women's History, Women's History ... Read more
Reviews for Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance
"Western Women and Imperialism provides fascinating insights into interactions and attitudes between western and non-western women, mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is an important contribution to the field of women's studies and (primarily British) imperial history, in that many of the essays explore problems of cross-cultural interaction that have been heretofore ignored." Nancy Fix Anderson ... Read more