Gender, Race, and the Writing of Empire: Public Discourse and the Boer War

by Paula M. Krebs

Book Overview

All of London exploded on the night of May 18, 1900, in the biggest West End party ever seen. The mix of media manipulation, patriotism, and class, race, and gender politics that produced the 'spontaneous' festivities of Mafeking Night begins this analysis of the cultural politics of late-Victorian imperialism. Paula M. Krebs examines 'the last of the gentlemen's wars' - the Boer War of 1899-1902 - and the struggles to maintain an imperialist hegemony...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521607728
• ISBN13: 9780521607728
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"