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To Try Her Fortune in London: Australian Women, Colonialism, and Modernity » (New Edition)
Authors: Angela Woollacott, Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 9780195147193, ISBN-10: 0195147197
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Angela Woollacott
Book Synopsis
Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even more Australian women than men made the pilgrimage "home," seeking opportunities beyond those available to them in the Australian colonies or dominion. In tracing the experiences of these women, this volume reveals hitherto unexamined connections between whiteness, colonial status, gender, and modernity.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 3 | |
| 1 | Australian Women's Voyages "Home": White Colonialness, Privilege, and Modernity | 19 |
| 2 | Inhabiting the Metropolis: Gendered Space and Colonialism | 47 |
| 3 | Colonizing London: Australian Women's Neighborhoods, Networks, and Associations | 73 |
| 4 | Contesting (Colonial) Men's Imperial Power: Australian Women's Metropolitan Activism and Commonwealth Feminism | 105 |
| 5 | Metropolis as Crucible: Constructing Colonial, Imperial, and National Identities | 139 |
| 6 | Modernity, Women's Bodies, Women's Lives | 181 |
| Conclusion | 207 | |
| Notes | 223 | |
| Bibliography | 265 | |
| Index | 283 |
Subjects
History
Australian & Oceanian History Australian History
History European History British History - General & Miscellaneous
History World History Women's History
Social Sciences Women's Studies Feminism
Social Sciences Women's Studies Women's History
Women's Studies Feminism Feminism - History
Women's Studies Women's History Women's History - Australia & Oceania
Women's Studies Women's History Women's History - Europe - Great Britain
Nonfiction History Australian & Oceanian History
Nonfiction History European History
Nonfiction History World History
Australian & Oceanian History Australian HistoryHistory
European History British History - General & MiscellaneousHistory
World History Women's HistorySocial Sciences
Women's Studies FeminismSocial Sciences
Women's Studies Women's HistoryWomen's Studies
Feminism Feminism - HistoryWomen's Studies
Women's History Women's History - Australia & OceaniaWomen's Studies
Women's History Women's History - Europe - Great BritainNonfiction
History Australian & Oceanian HistoryNonfiction
History European HistoryNonfiction
History World History
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