HIEU 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Herstory, Intersectionality, Gender Analysis
Document Summary
Hieu 140 lecture 7 gender, race, and empire. Introduction: women, gender, and imperialism: by 1900, imperialism as a force began a central axis around which politics rotated, and a central element in national power. A ma(cid:374)(cid:859)s world: until a couple decades ago, there was no female history of imperialism, ambivalent place to find women, would mean that women were complicit in the racial hierarchies of imperialism. The (cid:858)old(cid:859) i(cid:373)perialis(cid:373) (cid:894)pre-1800: by 1800, most empires had become independent countries (cid:858)i(cid:374)for(cid:373)al e(cid:373)pire(cid:859) (cid:894)earl(cid:455) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)th ce(cid:374)tur(cid:455)(cid:895, was(cid:374)(cid:859)t ad(cid:373)i(cid:374)istrati(cid:448)e o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374) of a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire, more like trading posts and trading relationships. Fro(cid:373) (cid:858)i(cid:374)direct ule(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)i(cid:374)for(cid:373)al e(cid:373)pire to for(cid:373)al e(cid:373)pire (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)-1914) Formal empire = establishing colonies and having formal rule, rather than having indirect rule through local authorities (cid:858)ge(cid:374)deri(cid:374)g(cid:859) the e(cid:373)pire. I(cid:373)perial ideolog(cid:455): the white ma(cid:374)(cid:859)s burde(cid:374)/ci(cid:448)ilizi(cid:374)g missio(cid:374: white (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)urde(cid:374) = british; (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizi(cid:374)g (cid:373)issio(cid:374) = fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h, white (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)urde(cid:374) has ra(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)der (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)otatio(cid:374) to it, not just (cid:449)hite, (cid:271)ut (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)urde(cid:374)
