Western Women and Imperialism
Complicity and Resistance
Nupur Chaudhuri editor Margaret Strobel editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:22nd May '92
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Explores what Western women did, thought, and felt in and about the colonies in Africa and India
"[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 in Critical Cultural Theory
"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 in Critical Cultural Theory
ISBN: 9780253207050
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 481g
288 pages