Robinson-Dunn The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1863-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 62, 240 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late nineteenth-century and considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, the position of newly-established Muslim communities in that country, and Orientalist representations of the harem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson-Dunn, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. From desert caravans to Red Sea coasts: the British anti-slavery campaign in Egypt
3. Networks of support: English activism and slavery redefined
4. ‘The British Turk’ and the ‘Christian Harem’: imperial ideology in English gender politics
5. Islam in England
6. Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Select Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Diane Robinson-Dunn is a Professor of History at the University of Detroit Mercy