Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 258 p)
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253216699
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0253343895
Content:
"... Boisseau recontextualizes U.S. feminism in the cinematic 20th century. White Queen challenges the narratives we have told about ourselves and illuminates the imperialism and celebrity worship that lurks within American feminism yet today." -- Lee Quinby, Harter Chair, Hobart and William Smith CollegesMay French-Sheldon's improbable public career began with an expedition throughout East Africa in 1891. She led a large entourage dressed in a long, flowing white dress and blonde wig, with a sword and p
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index
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Cover; TOC; List of illustrations; acknowledgments; Introduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism; 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; 6. An Imperial Spy in the Congo; 7. A Plantation Mistress in Liberia; 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, orReflections on the Construction of White Feminist Identity; notes; bibliography; index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253343895
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe White Queen : May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity
Language:
English
