Imperial Geographies of Home: British Domesticity in India, 1886-1925 Export

@article{citeulike:3649551, abstract = {This paper considers the translation of domestic discourses over imperial space as middle-class British women established homes in India from 1886 to 1925. Unlike studies of imperial domesticity that delineate separate spheres of home and empire, I consider the exercise of imperial power on a domestic scale, by examining advice given in household guides on managing servants and raising British children in India. Rather than view the household merely as confining, I also explore the advice given to British women regarding travel outside their homes in India. The domestic roles of British women reproduced imperial power relations on a household scale, and the political significance of imperial domesticity extended beyond the boundaries of the home.}, author = {Blunt, Alison}, citeulike-article-id = {3649551}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/623233}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/623233}, doi = {10.2307/623233}, issn = {00202754}, journal = {Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers}, keywords = {gender}, number = {4}, pages = {421--440}, posted-at = {2008-11-21 15:05:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)}, series = {New Series}, title = {Imperial Geographies of Home: British Domesticity in India, 1886-1925}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/623233}, volume = {24}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3649551 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3649551 N2 - This paper considers the translation of domestic discourses over imperial space as middle-class British women established homes in India from 1886 to 1925. Unlike studies of imperial domesticity that delineate separate spheres of home and empire, I consider the exercise of imperial power on a domestic scale, by examining advice given in household guides on managing servants and raising British children in India. Rather than view the household merely as confining, I also explore the advice given to British women regarding travel outside their homes in India. The domestic roles of British women reproduced imperial power relations on a household scale, and the political significance of imperial domesticity extended beyond the boundaries of the home. IS - 4 JF - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers SE - New Series SN - 00202754 EP - 440 TI - Imperial Geographies of Home: British Domesticity in India, 1886-1925 PB - Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) VL - 24 SP - 421 KW - gender AU - Blunt, Alison PY - 1999/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/623233 ER -