The harem, slavery and British imperial culture: Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth centuryManchester University Press, 1 mars 2017 - 240 sidor This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late-nineteenth century. It considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, and examines the ways in which the assumptions and dominant imperialist discourses of these abolitionists were challenged by the newly-established Muslim communities in England, as well as by English people who converted to or were sympathetic with Islam. While previous scholars have treated antislavery activity in Egypt first and foremost as an extension of earlier efforts to abolish plantation slavery in the New World, this book considers it in terms of encounters with Islam during a period which it argues marked a new departure in Anglo-Muslim relations. This approach illuminates the role of Islam in the creation of English national identities within the global cultural system of the British Empire. |
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... Christian harem': imperial ideology in English gender politics 5 Islam in England 115 154 6 Conclusion 197 Appendices – 210 Select bibliography – 213 Index – 220 ILLUSTRATIONS page 128 1 Sir William Allan, Slave Market in [ vii ] Contents.
... Christianity, and as a notable region of Islamic culture and power. Consequently, Egypt attracted the interest of Napoleon and of his savants. The British saw it as a major route to India where their interests could be threatened in ...
... Christianity and Islam were characterised by sets of highly pluralistic commentaries that were expressed in a variety of shades of hostility and sympathy. And within ... Christian voice appeal For [ xiv ] GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.
... Christian voice appeal For foreign slaves alone? Our gentle sisters, true as steel, Fall bruised at Justice's Throne! Are there no Turks but Mussulmen? Have we no monsters here? Beneath the eye of Christendom Shall not oppression fear!1 ...
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English activism and slavery redefined | 70 |
imperial ideology in English gender politics | 115 |
Islam in England | 154 |
Conclusion | 197 |
Appendices | 210 |
Select bibliography | 213 |
Index | 220 |
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