Archive Stories: Gender in the Making of Imperial and Colonial Histories

Antoinette Burton

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199249503.003.0013

Archive Stories: Gender in the Making of Imperial and Colonial Histories

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This chapter addresses a dimension of imperial history rarely talked about: the role of imperial archives in shaping the imaginations of historians who rely upon them for the stories they tell, the (counter)narratives they craft, and the political interventions they make. It argues that archives affect people differently depending on their gender, nationality, class, race, age, and sexuality.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Gender and Empire
Editors	Philippa Levine
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199249503
ISBN (Print)	9780191697821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199249503.003.0013
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Gender
Historical knowledge
Imperial archives
Imperial power
Museological
Nationality
Race

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General Arts and Humanities

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