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Married to the empire : gender, politics and imperialism in India, 1883-1947 by Procida, Mary A. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Married to the empire : gender, politics and imperialism in India, 1883-1947 about?
This book situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism. Rebutting interpretations that have marginalised women in the empire, the book demonstrates that women were crucial to establishing and sustaining the British Raj in India from the 'High Noon' of imperialism in the late nineteenth century through to Indian independence in 1947. Using three separate modes of engagement with imperialism: domesticity, violence and race, it demonstrates the varied ways in which British women, particularly the wives of imperial officials, created a role for themselves. From the late nineteenth century, Anglo-Indians constructed an idea of family and marriage that was, both literally and metaphorically, the foundation for British imperialism in India. Although imperial marriage was very modern in its emphasis on companionship and partnership, it also incorporated more traditional ideas about husbands, wives and families. The politicized imperial home stood in sharp contrast to the ideal of middle-class British domesticity that had developed from the late-eighteenth century onwards in the metropole. Relationships with Indian servants, created and maintained primar
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Procida, Mary A.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780719060731
- Category
- nonfiction