To try her fortune in London : Australian women, colonialism, and modernity /

Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even more Australian women than men made the pilgrimage "home," seeking opportunities beyond thos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woollacott, Angela, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
Women > Australia > History > Sources.
Feminism > Australia > History > Sources.
Women > England > London > History > Sources.
Feminism > England > London > History > Sources.
Femmes > Australie > Histoire > Sources.
Féminisme > Australie > Histoire > Sources.
Femmes > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > Sources.
Féminisme > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > Sources.
Feminism
Women
Australia
England > London
History
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Introduction; 1. Australian Women's Voyages "Home": White Colonialness, Privilege, and Modernity; 2. Inhabiting the Metropolis: Gendered Space and Colonialism; 3. Colonizing London: Australian Women's Neighborhoods, Networks, and Associations; 4. Contesting (Colonial) Men's Imperial Power: Australian Women's Metropolitan Activism and Commonwealth Feminism; 5. Metropolis as Crucible: Constructing Colonial, Imperial, and National Identities; 6. Modernity, Women's Bodies, Women's Lives; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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