Lady Chatterton merodeando para el Imperio: una reflexión sobre la Irlanda colonial
Keywords:
colonialist imaginary, gender roles, IrelandAbstract
Studies on the territorial possessions of the British Empire have focused, primarily on the African and Asian continents, leaving the first colonial experiment almost untouched: Ireland. However, in the first half of the XIX Century, Lady Chatterton’s rumbles through the south of the island were published. In this essay, we will focus on the representation and descriptions of the country and its inhabitants, through her usage of rhetoric tools. Her travel diaries present the process of recollection and reproduction of information gathered during this time, which in turn, were used to promote a bigger English involvement in Ireland. These activities make her an imperial agent, working outside the British administrative system, and making her an active asset of the empire. At the same time, the books allowed the author to express and share, in a public setting, her position and ideals. Therefore, and thanks to her work success, she managed to include her voice into the current imperial debate. There, she introduced the idea that the main issue the island had, was its condition as an imperfect colony. At the same time, she exhibited a colonialist imaginary, which presented the Irish as a racialized figure.
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