Gender, Geography and Empire - Victorian Women Travellers in Africa

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Travel, Text and Empowerment. 3. Paradise or Pandemonium? 4. White Women and 'Race'. 5. Slavery, Witchcraft and Cannibalism. 6. Colonized Counterparts. 7. Retrieving Subaltern Histories? 8. Conclusions.

Summary

First published 2000, this text is intended to draw together two important developments in contemporary geography: firstly, the recognition of the need to write critical histories of geographical thought and, particularly, the relationship between modern geography and European imperialism.

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Mcewan, McEwan Cheryl
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781138725621
• ISBN: 978-1-138-72562-1
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, TRAVEL / Africa / General, Africa, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human Geography, Historical Geography