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". . . 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 Quinby, Harter Chair, Hobart and William Smith CollegesMay French-Sheldon's improbable public career began with an expedition throughout East Africa in 1891. She led a large entourage dressed in a long, flowing white dress and blonde wig, with a sword and pistol strapped to her side. As the "first woman explorer of Africa," she claimed to have inspired both awe and trust in the Africans she encountered, and as her celebrity grew, she reinvented herself as a messenger of civilization and "racial uplift." Tracey Jean Boisseau's insightful reading of the "White Queen" exposes the intertwined connections between popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the century.
Contents
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism Part I. First Woman Explorer of Africa: The 1891 Expedition 1. The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro2. Self-Discovery3. Forging a Feminine Colonial Method4. Sex and the Sultans5. Confessions of a White QueenPart II. Agent for Empire: Interventions in Central and West Africa, 1903-19086. An Imperial Spy in the Congo7. A Plantation Mistress in LiberiaPart III. Feminist for a New Generation: Mastering Femininity in 1920s America8. Taking Feminism on the Road9. Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism10. The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female SpectatorConclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, or Reflections on the Construction of White Feminist IdentityNotesBibliographyIndex
