Tracey Jean Boisseau

White Queen

May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

" Tracey Jean Boisseau's insightful reading of the "White Queen" exposes the intertwined connections between popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780253216694
• ISBN-10: 0253216699
• Artikelnr.: 21629086

Autorenporträt

Tracey Jean Boisseau

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism
Part I. First Woman Explorer of Africa: The 1891 Expedition
1. The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro
2. Self-Discovery
3. Forging a Feminine Colonial Method
4. Sex and the Sultans
5. Confessions of a White Queen
Part II. Agent for Empire: Interventions in Central and West Africa,
1903-1908
6. An Imperial Spy in the Congo
7. A Plantation Mistress in Liberia
Part III. Feminist for a New Generation: Mastering Femininity in 1920s
America
8. Taking Feminism on the Road
9. Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism
10. The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female Spectator
Conclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, or Reflections on the
Construction of White Feminist Identity
Notes
Bibliography
Index