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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449860103321

Autore

Boisseau Tracey Jean

Titolo

White queen [[electronic resource] ] : May French-Sheldon and the imperial origins of American feminist identity / / Tracey Jean Boisseau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786612071331

1-282-07133-5

0-253-11102-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/092

Soggetti

Feminists - United States

Women explorers - Africa

Nationalism and feminism - United States

Feminism - United States - History

Imperialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TOC; List of illustrations; acknowledgments; Introduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism; 1. The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro; 2. Self-Discovery; 3. Forging a Feminine Colonial Method; 4. Sex and the Sultans; 5. Confessions of a White Queen; 6. An Imperial Spy in the Congo; 7. A Plantation Mistress in Liberia; 8. Taking Feminism on the Road; 9. Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism; 10. The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female Spectator; Conclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, orReflections on the Construction of White Feminist Identity; notes; bibliography; index

Sommario/riassunto

""... Boisseau recontextualizes U.S. feminism in the cinematic 20th                century. White Queen challenges the narratives we have told about ourselves and                illuminates the imperialism and celebrity worship that lurks within American                feminism yet today.""  -- Lee Quinby, Harter Chair, Hobart and William                Smith CollegesMay French-Sheldon's improbable public career began                with an expedition throughout East Africa in 1891. She led a large



entourage dressed                in a long, flowing white dress and blonde wig, wi