British Women Travellers: Empire and Beyond, 1770-1870

ISBN-13: 9780367343347 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

Sutapa Dutta

Opis

This volume examines the travels of British women across continents and imperial contexts from 1770-1870, in order to understand the representation of identity, race, gender, and class in the Empire and beyond.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"  1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation  2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland  3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century  4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea  Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"  5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies  6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)  7. The Memsahibs’ Gaze: Representation of the Zenana in India  8. Gossip, Mosquitos, and "Well-Made" Men: Isabella Fane’s Vision of Colonial India  9. "Servant of the Cross": Identity, Travel and Colonial Culture in the Letters of Mary Moffat in South Africa  10. An "Honorary Man" in the Holy Land?: Mary Eliza Rogers, Gender, and British Protestant Imperialism  Part III: In the Settler Colonies, Furthering the "Other" British   11. "English, Yet Essentially Un-English": Female Constructions of Imperial Belonging in Melbourne, 1850–1870  12. In Search of the Romantic Aesthetic: British Women Travellers in 19th-Century America  13. Carriage and Canoe: The Material Vessels of Anna Brownell Jameson’s Voyage in Upper Canada

O autorze

Sutapa Dutta is a Fellow at IIAS, Shimla, and teaches in the Department of English, Gargi College, University of Delhi.