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The rhetoric surrounding Empire, freedom, and adventure are nowhere more striking than in nineteenth-century British women's travel writing. The Right Sort of Woman charts the progression of British feminism in relationship to exploration of the Empire. Precious McKenzie introduces us to the le...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKenzie, Precious, 1975-
Otros Autores: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904, Dixie, Florence, Lady, 1855-1905, Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900, Savory, Isabel, Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs., 1860-1934
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012.
Temas:
Women travelers > Great Britain > Biography.
English prose literature > Women authors.
Travel in literature.
Voyageuses > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Voyage dans la littérature.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Feminism & feminist theory.
Sociology: sport & leisure.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English prose literature > Women authors
Travel in literature
Women travelers
Great Britain
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The rhetoric surrounding Empire, freedom, and adventure are nowhere more striking than in nineteenth-century British women's travel writing. The Right Sort of Woman charts the progression of British feminism in relationship to exploration of the Empire. Precious McKenzie introduces us to the lesser known writings of Florence Douglas Dixie, Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, and Isabel Savory, and also revisits the more widely read travel texts of Isabella Bird Bishop and Mary Kingsley. Their travel writings explore the hotly debated Victorian ideologies of femininity, equality, and fitness. McKenzie contends that British women travel writers found opportunities for freedom when traveling abroad. Women travelers could participate in what were traditionally men's sports: hunting, riding, canoeing, shooting, mountaineering when far away from strict Victorian social codes of behavior. Because of their athletic pursuits while abroad, British women travelers found their health improved as did their self-reliance and self-confidence. McKenzie considers how sports shaped the British feminist movement and then became integral to the revolutionary image of the New Woman.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 150 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144) and index.
ISBN:1443837083
9781443837088
1283436817
9781283436816

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