The harem, slavery and British imperial culture : Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteeenth century
This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late nineteenth-century and considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, the position of newly-established Muslim communities in that country, and Orientalist representations of the harem. -- .
Print Book, English, 2006
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2006
XIV, 225 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780719073281, 0719073286
912597092
List of figuresPreface and acknowledgements1. Introduction 2. From desert caravans to Red Sea coasts: the British anti-slavery campaign in Egypt 3. Networks of support: English activism and slavery redefined4. 'The British Turk' and the 'Christian Harem': imperial ideology in English gender politics5. Islam in England6. ConclusionList of AbbreviationsSelect Bibliography -- .
Bibliografía: p. 213-219