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Book SynopsisUlrike Lindner is Professor of Modern History at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Dörte Lerp is Senior Researcher in Modern History at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Trade ReviewNew Perspectives on the History of Gender and Empire is a compelling contribution to the investigation of the entanglements between gender and imperialism … The several case studies not only add important insights to scholarship on the specific settings but also shed new light on the centrality of the entanglements between violence, intimacy, sexuality, domesticity, and citizenship in the production of colonial rule. * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *
This fascinating and lucidly written collection of essays advances the historical study of gender and empire through a focus on comparative and global approaches and a combination of case studies relating to both overseas and land-based empires. The introduction provides a valuable critical survey of the state of the field, while the individual case studies provide fascinating insights which move beyond earlier binary interpretations of coloniser-colonised dynamics to give insights into the complex intersectionality of affective and power relationships in colonial contexts. * Clare Midgley, Research Professor in History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK *
This volume on "gendered imperial formations" brings us truly new research on less-studied settings as well as fresh findings on more established themes. Thoughtfully conceptualized and carefully written, these essays offer information and insights that are simply not available elsewhere. The authors’ work perfectly demonstrates the necessity of skillful gender analysis for investigations of colonialism. * Lora Wildenthal, Professor of History, Rice University, USA *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: New Perspectives on Gender and Empire: Comparative and Global Approaches
Ulrike Lindner and Dörte Lerp (both University of Cologne, Germany) I. Intimate Relationships and Marriages 1. The Domestic Foundations of Imperial Sovereignty: Mixed Marriages in the Fascist Aegean
Alexis Rappas (Koç University, Turkey) 2. In the Forge of the Empire: Colonists and Marriage in the Nineteenth-century Northern Black Sea Steppe
Julia Malitska (Södertörn University, Sweden) 3. Love Affair? State’s Affair? Interpreting a Hanging in German East Africa, or Questions of Gender and Race in Colonial Historiography
Bettina Brockmeyer (Bielefeld University, Germany) II. Masculinity, Femininity and Imperial Encounters 4. Colonial Views: Approaching Gender and Empire through the Snapshots of an American Woman in the Philippines (1900-1902)
Silvan Niedermeier (Erfurt University, Germany) 5. Male Same-Sex Desire and Masculinity in Colonial German Southwest Africa
Jan Severin (Humboldt University, Germany) III. Indigenous Servants and Colonial Homes 6. “Where the home life is white”: Domestic Service Debates in New Zealand and South Africa, c. 1897-1913
Elizabeth Dillenburg (University of Minnesota, USA) 7. Being at Home: Settler Colonial Biopower and the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender in Colonial Australia
Eva Bischoff (Trier University, Germany) IV. Education and Schooling 8. Between Patriarchy, Imperialism, and Women’s Empowerment: Female Education in Colonial India
Jana Tschurenev (University of Göttingen, Germany) 9. “Saving Our Sisters”: Female education and the London Missionary Society in Nineteenth-Century South India
Divya Kannan (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) Index
