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White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity Book

White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity
White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity, ... Boisseau recontextualizes U.S. feminism in the cinematic 20th century. White Queen challenges the narratives we have told about ourselves and illuminates the imperialism and celebrity worship that lurks within American feminism yet today.
—Lee Q, White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity has a rating of 3 stars
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White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity, ... Boisseau recontextualizes U.S. feminism in the cinematic 20th century. White Queen challenges the narratives we have told about ourselves and illuminates the imperialism and celebrity worship that lurks within American feminism yet today. —Lee Q, White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity
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  • White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity
  • Written by author Tracey Jean Boisseau
  • Published by Indiana University Press, March 2004
  • "... Boisseau recontextualizes U.S. feminism in the cinematic 20th century. White Queen challenges the narratives we have told about ourselves and illuminates the imperialism and celebrity worship that lurks within American feminism yet today." —Lee Q
  • A critical account of the sensational feminism of May French-Smith, once known as the "first woman explorer of Africa." Boisseau exposes the intertwined connections between popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorient
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Acknowledgments
Introduction : a tale of imperial feminism1
Pt. IFirst woman explorer of Africa : the 1891 expedition
1The caravan trek to Kilimanjaro23
2Self-discovery42
3Forging a feminine colonial method62
4Sex and the sultans82
5Confessions of a white queen97
Pt. IIAgent for empire : interventions in Central and West Africa, 1903-1908
6An imperial spy in the Congo107
7A plantation mistress in Liberia124
Pt. IIIFeminist for a new generation : mastering femininity in 1920s America
8Taking feminism on the road143
9Masquerading as the subject of feminism163
10The queen, the sheik, the sultana, and the female spectator182
Conclusion : the white queen in the mirror, or reflections on the construction of white feminist identity203
Notes213
Bibliography241
Index251


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