Women and the colonial gaze / edited by Tamara L. Hunt and Micheline R. Lessard.
| Other author | Hunt, Tamara L. |
| Other author | Lessard, Micheline R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cartimandua, Boudicca, and rebellion: British Queens and Roman colonial views / Jane Crawford -- Between whipping and slavery: double jeopardy against Mudejar women in Medieval Spain / Isabel Bonet O'Connor -- Greece in chains: philhellenism to the rescue of a damsel in distress / Katherine E. Fleming -- Wild Irish women: gender, politics, and colonialism in the nineteenth century / Tamara L. Hunt -- French views of Native American women in the early modern era: the Tupinamaba of Brazil / Laura Fishman -- Women as symbols of disorder in early Rhode Island / Ruth Wallis Herndon -- Native women and state legislation in Mexico and Canada: the agrarian law and the Indian Act / Verónica Vázquez Gárcia -- The "male city" of Havana: the coexisting logics of colonialism, slavery, and patriarchy in nineteenth-century Cuba / Luis Martínez-Fernández -- Imperial eyes, gendered views: Concepción Gimeno re-writes the Aztecs at the end of the nineteenth century / Carmen Ramos-Escandon -- The Indian other: reactions of two Anglo-Indian women travel writers, Eliza Fay and A.U. / Nupur Chaudhur -- Image and reality: Indian diaspora women, colonial and post-colonial discourse on empowerment and victimology / Karen A. Ray -- Civilizing women: French colonial perceptions of Vietnamese womanhood and motherhood / Micheline R. Lessard -- Social construction of idealized images of women in colonial Korea: the "new woman" versus "motherhood" / Jiweon Shin -- Education for liberation or domestication? Female education in colonial Swaziland / Margaret Zoller Booth -- Women, gender history, and imperial Ethiopia / Timothy Fernyhough and Anna Fernyhough. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-256) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001051201 |
| ISBN | 0814736467 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814736475 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1122 .W624 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |