
Playing the Game
Western Women in Arabia
Penelope Tuson(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 24. October 2003
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-86064-933-2 (ISBN)
Description
The lives of the Western women who lived, worked and travelled in Arabia in the first half of the 20th century have been largely ignored by historians. Penelope Tuson tells the stories of these women. Sometimes flamboyant and unconventional, sometimes conservative and conformist, all of them wanted in some way to be a part of British imperial life. Some were prepared to "play the game", others were not and could even be regarded as difficult and dangerous. "Playing the Game" explores how these women negotiated power and position in the Empire and how conventional female roles were defined by the masculine perspecitves and hierarchies of imperial authority, often with the collusion of the women themselves actively, but also sometimes despite their attempts to subvert the stereotypes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-933-2 (9781860649332)
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