White queen: May French-Sheldon and the imperial origins of American feminist identity
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Main Author: Boisseau, Tracey Jean 19XX- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press ©2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index
Introduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism -- First Woman Explorer of Africa: The 1891 Expedition -- The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro -- Self-Discovery -- Forging a Feminine Colonial Method -- Sex and the Sultans -- Confessions of a White Queen -- Agent for Empire: Interventions in Central and West Africa, 1903-1908 -- An Imperial Spy in the Congo -- A Plantation Mistress in Liberia -- Feminist for a New Generation: Mastering Femininity in 1920s America -- Taking Feminism on the Road -- Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism -- The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female Spectator -- Conclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, or Reflections on the Construction of White Feminist Identity
Tracey Jean Boisseau's reading of the "White Queen" (which refers to May French-Sheldon's 1891 expedition to East Africa) connects popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the century
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 258 Seiten)
ISBN:0253111021
9780253111029