Home and Harem: Nation, Gender, Empire and the Cultures of Travel (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Inderpal Grewal - 1996-03-14

Duke University Press Books, 1996-03-14. Paperback. Acceptable. 0.8500 in x 9.0300 in x 5.9400 in. Highlighted passages.

Duke University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Duke University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. 286pp. Index, Biblio., Notes. Some writing interior, wear extremities, light soiling.. Paperback. G+.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996. x, 286 pages; 23 cm. Post-Contemporary Interventions Series. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, Home and Harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal's study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both English and Indian men and women. Reworking colonial discourse studies to include both sides of the colonial divide, this work is also the first." - Publisher. CONTENTS: ENGLISH IMPERIAL CULTURE: Home and Harem: Domesticity, Gender, and Nationalism. Empire and the Movement for Women's Suffrage in Britain. The Guidebook and the Museum EUROIMPERIAL TRAVEL AND INDIAN WOMEN. The Culture of Travel and the Gendering… Read More

Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Duke Univ Pr, 1996. Book. Good. Soft cover. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. Owner's name/number on half-title page. Notes/underlining in text..

Duke University Press Books. Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0822317400 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Post-Contemporary Interventions; 9.0 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 288 pages .

Duke University Press, 1996-03-14. Paperback. Good. Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, Home and Harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal?s study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both English and Indian men and women. Reworking colonial discourse studies to include both sides of the colonial divide, this work is also the first to discuss Indian women traveling West as well as English women touring the East.In her look at England, Grewal draws on nineteenth-century aesthetics, landscape art, and debates about women?s suffrage and working-class education to show how all social classes, not only the privileged, were educated and influenced by imperialist travel narratives. By examining diverse… Read More