Colonial encounters among English and Palestinian women, 1800-1948 [electronic resource] / Nancy L. Stockdale.

ISBN:

9780813037721

Title:

Author:

Stockdale, Nancy L.

Personal Author:

Stockdale, Nancy L.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Figures viii; Acknowledgments ix; 1 Introduction 1; 2 "The Bible Was Our Handbook and Guide": Women's Travel Writing and the English-Palestinian Encounter 16; 3 Harems, Festivals, and Clothes: Materiality and the English-Palestinian Encounter 63; 4 Missions and More: Making a Home in the Holy Land 108; 5 Things Go Wrong: Failure at the Protestant Orphanage at Nazareth 136; 6 A Refracted Gaze: Palestinian Women Reading the English 159; 7 Conclusion 193; Notes 197; Bibliography 221; Index 241.

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Subject Term:

Women -- Palestine -- History.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.

Palestine -- History -- 1799-1917.

Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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