Women Travellers in Colonial India

Drawing on travel writings by British women in India, this study looks at different aspects that women focus on as opposed to men, particularly in their encounters with Indian women. Located at the cross-roads of feminist theory the book examines the relations inscribed into the traveller's gaze.

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Drawing on long-neglected travel writings by British women in India, this study looks at different aspects that women focus on as opposed to men, particularly in their encounters with Indian women in the zenana. Located at the cross-roads of feminist theory and colonial discourse theory, the book examines the power relations inscribed into the traveller's gaze.