The island race : Englishness, empire, and gender in the eighteenth century

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Label

The island race : Englishness, empire, and gender in the eighteenth century

Title remainder

Englishness, empire, and gender in the eighteenth century

Statement of responsibility

Kathleen Wilson

Creator

• Wilson, Kathleen

Subject

• 1700-1799
• British colonies
• Civilization
• Electronic books
• England
• England -- Civilization -- 18th century
• England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
• Geschichte 1700-1800
• Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 18th century
• Großbritannien
• HISTORY -- World
• History
• Imperialism
• Kolonialismus
• National characteristics, English
• National characteristics, English -- History -- 18th century
• Nationalbewusstsein
• Nationale identiteit
• Overzeese expansie
• Sekseverschillen
• Sex role
• Sex role -- England -- History -- 18th century
• Social conditions
• Imperialism -- History -- 18th century

Genre

• Electronic books
• History

Language

eng

Summary

• "Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century is an innovative study of the issues of nation, gender and identity."
• "In the rapidly expanding eighteenth-century world, English perceptions of origin and heritage became altered - the question of national identity emerging as a particularly troubled and ambiguous issue. Wilson bases her analysis on a wide range of case studies drawn both from Britain and across the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Creating a colorful and original colonial landscape, she considers topics such as sodomy, theater, masculinity, the symbolism of Britannia and the role of women in war. Wilson shows the far-reaching implications that colonial power and expansion had upon the English people's sense of self, and argues that the vaunted singularity of English culture was in fact constituted by the bodies, practices and exchanges of peoples across the globe. Theoretically rigorous and highly readable, The Island Race will become a seminal text for understanding the pressing issues that it confronts."--Jacket

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

909/.097124107

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DA485

LC item number

.W55 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography