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- 2012452140 abstract "The rhetoric surrounding Empire, freedom, and adventure are nowhere more striking than in nineteenth-century British women's travel writing. The Right Sort of Woman charts the progression of British feminism in relationship to exploration of the Empire. Precious McKenzie introduces us to the lesser known writings of Florence Douglas Dixie, Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, and Isabel Savory, and also revisits the more widely read travel texts of Isabella Bird Bishop and Mary Kingsley. Their travel writings explore the hotly debated Victorian ideologies of femininity, equality, and fitness. McKenzie contends that British women travel writers found opportunities for freedom when traveling abroad. Women travelers could participate in what were traditionally men's sports: hunting, riding, canoeing, shooting, mountaineering when far away from strict Victorian social codes of behavior. Because of their athletic pursuits while abroad, British women travelers found their health improved as did their self-reliance and self-confidence. McKenzie considers how sports shaped the British feminist movement and then became integral to the revolutionary image of the New Woman.".
- 2012452140 contributor B12618928.
- 2012452140 contributor B12618929.
- 2012452140 created "c2012.".
- 2012452140 date "2012".
- 2012452140 date "c2012.".
- 2012452140 dateCopyrighted "c2012.".
- 2012452140 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-144) and index.".
- 2012452140 description "The rhetoric surrounding Empire, freedom, and adventure are nowhere more striking than in nineteenth-century British women's travel writing. The Right Sort of Woman charts the progression of British feminism in relationship to exploration of the Empire. Precious McKenzie introduces us to the lesser known writings of Florence Douglas Dixie, Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, and Isabel Savory, and also revisits the more widely read travel texts of Isabella Bird Bishop and Mary Kingsley. Their travel writings explore the hotly debated Victorian ideologies of femininity, equality, and fitness. McKenzie contends that British women travel writers found opportunities for freedom when traveling abroad. Women travelers could participate in what were traditionally men's sports: hunting, riding, canoeing, shooting, mountaineering when far away from strict Victorian social codes of behavior. Because of their athletic pursuits while abroad, British women travelers found their health improved as did their self-reliance and self-confidence. McKenzie considers how sports shaped the British feminist movement and then became integral to the revolutionary image of the New Woman.".
- 2012452140 extent "vi, 150 p. :".
- 2012452140 identifier "1443836370".
- 2012452140 identifier "9781443836371".
- 2012452140 issued "2012".
- 2012452140 issued "c2012.".
- 2012452140 language "eng".
- 2012452140 publisher "Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars,".
- 2012452140 spatial "Great Britain".
- 2012452140 subject "English prose literature Women authors.".
- 2012452140 subject "PR788.T72 M35 2012".
- 2012452140 subject "Travel in literature.".
- 2012452140 subject "Women travelers Great Britain Biography.".
- 2012452140 title "The right sort of woman : victorian travel writers and the fitness of an empire / by Precious McKenzie.".
- 2012452140 type "text".