{"product_id":"imagining-home-gender-race-and-national-identity-1945-1964-paperback","title":"Imagining Home: Gender, Race and National Identity, 1945-1964 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Webster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagining Home: Gender, Race and National Identity, 1945-1964 \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful examination of ideas and images of home in Britain during a period of national decline and loss of imperial power. Exploring the legacy of empire in imaginings of the nation during a period of decolonization after 1945, it is has become one of the outstanding books about the relationship between gender, race and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the role of colonialism and racism in shaping ideas of motherhood, employment and domesticity, it brilliantly traces the way in which Englishness became associated with domestic order and the very idea of home became white, exploring themes that reverberate strongly today as arguments around gender, race and feminism occupy the headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing extensively on oral history and life-writing of politicians, journalists, churchmen, health professionals, novelists and film-makers, Wendy Webster examines the multiple meanings of home to women in narratives of belonging and unbelonging. Its focus on the complex interrelationships of white and black women's lives and identities offers a compelling new perspective on this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWendy Webster\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at the Centre for History, Culture and Memory, University of Huddersfield, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409099342002,"sku":"9781032345208","price":43.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c03ead822b52916804e52635dc01ab69.webp?v=1778257861","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/imagining-home-gender-race-and-national-identity-1945-1964-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}