Gender and Empire

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-924951-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

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 this innovative approach and the new historical questions it raises.

SERIES DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the five volumes of the Oxford History of the British Empire was to provide a comprehensive study of the Empire from its beginning to end, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. The volumes in the Companion Series carry forward this purpose by exploring themes that were not possible to cover adequately in the main series, and to provide fresh interpretations of significant topics.

Zielgruppe

Readers interested in the British Empire, scholars and students of imperial and commonwealth history, historians of gender.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levine, Philippa

Louis, Wm. Roger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Philippa Levine: Why Gender and Empire?

- 2: Kathleen Wilson: Empire, Gender, and Modernity in the Eighteenth Century

- 3: Catherine Hall: Of Gender and Empire: Reflections on the Nineteenth Century

- 4: Barbara Bush: Gender and Empire: The Twentieth Century

- 5: Alison Bashford: Medicine, Gender, and Empire

- 6: Philippa Levine: Sexuality, Gender, and Empire

- 7: A. James Hammerton: Gender and Migration

- 8: Mrinalini Sinha: Nations in an Imperial Crucible

- 9: Urvashi Butalia: Legacies of Departure: Decolonization, Nation-making, and Gender

- 10: Jock McCulloch: Empire and Violence 1900-1939

- 11: Fiona Paisley: Childhood and Race: Growing up in the Empire

- 12: Patricia Grimshaw: Faith, Missionary Life, and the Family

- 13: Antoinette Burton: Archive Stories: Gender in the Making of Imperial and Colonial Histories

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Wm Roger Louis
Editor-in-Chief
Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, University of Texas, Austin