Diane Robinson-Dunn

The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780719073298
• ISBN-10: 0719073294
• Artikelnr.: 40478193

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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 Select Bibliography Index