Gender, Crime And Empire (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- Between 1803 and 1853, some 80,000 convicts were transported to Van Diemen's Land. Revising established models of the colonies, which tend to depict convict women as a peculiarly oppressed group, Gender, crime and empire argues that convict men and women in fact shared much in common. Placing men and women, ideas about masculinity, femininity, sexuality and the body, in comparative perspective, this book argues that historians must take fuller account of class to understand the relationships between gender and power. The book explores the ways in which ideas about fatherhood andhousehold order initially informed the state's model of order, and the reasons why this foundered. It considers the shifting nature of state policies towards courtship, relationships and attempts at family formation which subsequently became matters of class conflict. It goes on to explore the waysin which ideas about gender and family informed liberal and humanitarian critiques of the colonies from the 1830s and 1840s and colonial demands for abolition and self-government.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 301 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780719066993
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/19/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Kirsty Reid
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Marilyn Cresswell
- Proofread By:
- Marilyn Cresswell
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.