ENGL 3340 Lecture Notes - Britishness, Femininity
4 Nov 2012
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Ambivalent relationship of non-white colonial subjects who belong to the. Shifting relationship to the category of british-ness between mary. Conflicting interest between existing colonies and imperialism. Mobile understandings of whiteness: whiteness isn"t related to skin colour, but is a shifting attribute depending on cultural affiliations. Caribbean is scene as sexualized: new zealand is the britain of the south sea. Mrs. seacole as a colonial subject: black jamaican (her mother) In the caribbean context, there are hierarchies within divisions in communities- black community, white community, and bi-racial community. Claiming of an identity yet at the same time acknowledging stereotypes associated with it. Imperial networks: interconnectedness of subjects in different empires. Lola montez, or la grande horizontele : from india, public and elicit sexuality that wasn"t considered proper for a white woman, was a mistress to famous people, temper, dies in poverty in ny at 41. Disreputable women: interesting commentary on empire, femininity.
