Publisher's Synopsis
"Nation, Empire, Colony" examines women's situation within the workings of gender in the historical construction of nations, empires, and colonies. The contributors reveal the power relations of gender, class, race, and sexuality at the heart of the histories of imperialism, colonialism and nationalism that have shaped our modern world. The period covered in this volume is that of the grand era of European and later American imperialism, from the eighteenth century until after the Second World War. The international list of authors represent nations from Australia and Aotearoa / New Zealand to Japan, from India and Pakistan to Canada, from the Caribbean to Nigeria, from South Africa to Britain, from Ireland to France, from Mexico to Austria. Topics include the (mis)representations of Native women by European colonizers, the violent displacement of women through imperialisms and nationalisms, and the relations between and among feminism, nationalism, imperialism, and colonialism.;A number of the contributors employ an examination of historical processes to explain present political policies and cultural politics affecting women and determining race and gender relations in the contemporary world.
