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The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century

By: Diane Robinson-Dunn

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The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century

By: Diane Robinson-Dunn

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. This book would appeal to those with an interest in British imperial history; Islam; gender, feminism, and women’s studies; slavery and race; the formation of national identities; global processes; Orientalism; and Middle Eastern studies.

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1526118637

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An empire of many cultures

Bahá’ís, Muslims, Jews and the British state, 1900–20

By: Diane Robinson-Dunn

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An empire of many cultures

Bahá’ís, Muslims, Jews and the British state, 1900–20

By: Diane Robinson-Dunn

Based upon extensive archival research and bringing to life the words and actions of extraordinary individuals from the early 20th century, this book calls into question contemporary assumptions about the appreciation of diversity as a solely postcolonial phenomenon. It shows how Bahá’í, Muslim, and Jewish leaders prior to and during WWI found value in the existence of many different religions, races, languages, nations, and ethnicities within the British Empire. Recognition of this heterogeneity combined with sympathy for certain liberal traditions allowed those historical actors to engage with that imperial state and culture in ways that would have an impact on future generations and relevance to modern debates.

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1526169207

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The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century

By: Diane Robinson-Dunn

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The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

An empire of many cultures

An empire of many cultures

The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

The harem, slavery and British imperial culture

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