Introduction
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Clare Midgley
Abstract
This chapter begins by highlighting the separate origins and differing preoccupations of women's/gender history and traditional British Imperial History. It discusses the challenges to traditional Imperial History posed by new 'post-colonial' histories of imperialism. The chapter provides a background for the survey which follows of existing scholarship on gender and imperialism. It then presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book offers new perspectives on the nature of British imperial power through exploring the gender dimensions of the imposition of British control. It explores the gender dimensions of a spectrum of reactions to British imperialism. The book switches from colonial contexts to explore the impact of imperialism within Britain itself. It traces some of the historical connections between gender and imperialism from a variety of perspectives many more remain to be mapped.
Abstract
This chapter begins by highlighting the separate origins and differing preoccupations of women's/gender history and traditional British Imperial History. It discusses the challenges to traditional Imperial History posed by new 'post-colonial' histories of imperialism. The chapter provides a background for the survey which follows of existing scholarship on gender and imperialism. It then presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book offers new perspectives on the nature of British imperial power through exploring the gender dimensions of the imposition of British control. It explores the gender dimensions of a spectrum of reactions to British imperialism. The book switches from colonial contexts to explore the impact of imperialism within Britain itself. It traces some of the historical connections between gender and imperialism from a variety of perspectives many more remain to be mapped.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- General editor’s introduction vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors x
- List of abbreviations xii
- Introduction 1
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Part I Impositions and impacts
- 1 Age of consent and hegemonic social reform 21
- 2 White women and colonialism 45
- 3 Indian Christian women and indigenous feminism, c.1850–c.1920 79
- 4 National liberation movements and the question of women’s liberation 104
- 5 Australian frontier feminism and the marauding white man 123
- 6 Taking liberties 137
- 7 Anti-slavery and the roots of ‘imperial feminism’ 161
- 8 Going a-Trolloping 180
- 9 ‘Britain’s conscience on Africa’ 200
- Index 224
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- General editor’s introduction vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors x
- List of abbreviations xii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Impositions and impacts
- 1 Age of consent and hegemonic social reform 21
- 2 White women and colonialism 45
- 3 Indian Christian women and indigenous feminism, c.1850–c.1920 79
- 4 National liberation movements and the question of women’s liberation 104
- 5 Australian frontier feminism and the marauding white man 123
- 6 Taking liberties 137
- 7 Anti-slavery and the roots of ‘imperial feminism’ 161
- 8 Going a-Trolloping 180
- 9 ‘Britain’s conscience on Africa’ 200
- Index 224
