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OverviewGirlhood and whiteness in the British empire traces the interconnected histories of girlhood, whiteness, and British colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the study of the Girls' Friendly Society. The society functioned as both a youth organisation and emigration society, making it especially valuable in examining girls' multifaceted participation with the empire. The book charts the emergence of the organisation during the late Victorian era through its height in the first decade of the twentieth century to its decline in the interwar years. Employing a multi-sited approach and using a range of sources - including correspondences, newsletters, and scrapbooks - the book uncovers the ways in which girls participated in the empire as migrants, settlers, laborers, and creators of colonial knowledge and also how they resisted these prescribed roles and challenged systems of colonial power. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth DillenburgPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9781526163516ISBN 10: 1526163519 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 24 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Constructing and contesting girlhood and whiteness in the British empire 1 Purity and the origins of the Girls’ Friendly Society 2 Imperial education programmes and the construction of colonial knowledge and racial difference 3 Class, race, and competing objectives within girls’ emigration programmes 4 Contested ideas of whiteness and race in the Girls’ Friendly Society 5 Shifting colonial relations and ideas of girlhood and the decline of the Girls’ Friendly Society Conclusion Appendix: List of key figures in the Girls’ Friendly Society -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth Dillenburg is an Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State University at Newark. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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