Obtaining “Sympathetic Understanding”: Gender, Empire, and Representation in the Travel Writings of American Officials’ Wives, 1901–1914

How do women’s travel writings affirm official reports about imperial conquest, and how may they offer narratives reflecting other modes of control and subjugation? Of what value are empathy and sorrow in attaining political aims? This essay addresses these issues by focusing on travel writings by w...

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Main Author: Cecilia Samonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:https://submit.escholarship.org/ojs/index.php/acgcc_jtas/article/view/11627