1st Edition
Imagining Home Gender, Race And National Identity, 1945-1964
By Wendy Webster
Copyright 1998
268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
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Imagining Home offers a unique examination of ideas and images of home in Britain during a period of national decline and loss of imperial power. In exploring the relationship between gender, 'race' and national identity, it higlights the continuing importance of empire in imaginings of the nation during a period of decolonization. Analyzing the significance of colonialism and racism in shaping... Read more
Homecomings; unbelongings; home and colonialism; the new England; good homes; home and work; domestic identities.
Biography
Webster, Wendy
'A riveting study of gender, race and national identity.' - Guardian
'Highly readable and authoratative, introducing readers to potentially difficult ideas in a thoroughly accessible way.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies
'This is an interesting and important book and should stand as a landmark study for this formative period of contemporary British history.' - Professor Mary Chamberlain, Women's History Review
