Home and Harem : Nation, Gender, Empire and the Cultures of Travel /

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Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, Home and Harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal's study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grewal, Inderpal (Autor)
Otros Autores: Fish, Stanley (Editor ), Jameson, Fredric (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [1996]
Colección:Post-Contemporary Interventions : 31
Temas:
Culture conflict in literature.
Culture shock in literature.
East and West in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Imperialism.
Intercultural communication.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > India > History > 19th century.
Sex role in literature.
Travel writing > History.
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Women > Books and reading.
Women > India > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I English Imperial Culture
  • 1. Home and Harem: Domesticity, Gender, and Nationalism
  • 2. Empire and the Movement for Women's Suffrage in Britain
  • 3. The Guidebook and the Museum
  • PART II Euroimperial Trayel and Indian Women
  • 4. The Culture of Travel and the Gendering of Colonial Modernity in Nineteenth- Century India
  • 5. Pandita Ramabai and Parvati Athavale: Homes for Women, Feminism, and Nationalism
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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