{"product_id":"imaginary-empires-women-writers-and-alternative-futures-in-early-us-literature-9780807178485","title":"Imaginary Empires: Women Writers and Alternative Futures in Early Us Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eImaginary Empires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Maria O'Malley examines early American texts published between 1767 and 1867 whose narratives represent women's engagement in the formation of empire. Her analysis unearths a variety of responses to contact, exchange, and cohabitation in the early United States, stressing the possibilities inherent in the literary to foster participation, resignification, and rapprochement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew readings of \u003ci\u003eThe Female American, \u003c\/i\u003e Leonora Sansay's \u003ci\u003eSecret History, \u003c\/i\u003e Catharine Maria Sedgwick's \u003ci\u003eHope Leslie, \u003c\/i\u003e Lydia Maria Child's \u003ci\u003eA Romance of the Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e and Harriet Jacobs's \u003ci\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e confound the metaphors of ghosts, haunting, and amnesia that proliferate in many recent studies of early US literary history. Instead, as O'Malley shows, these writings foreground acts of foundational violence involved in the militarization of domestic spaces, the legal impediments to the transfer of property and wealth, and the geopolitical standing of the United States. Racialized and gendered figures in the texts refuse to die, leave, or stay silent. In imagining different kinds of futures, these writers reckon with the ambivalent role of women in empire-building as they negotiate between their own subordinate position in society and their exertion of sovereignty over others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy tracing a thread of virtual history found in works by women, \u003ci\u003eImaginary Empires\u003c\/i\u003e explores how reflections of the past offer a means of shaping future sociopolitical formations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria O'Malley \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she teaches American literature. She coedited \u003ci\u003eBeyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497307902226,"sku":"9780807178485","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cebcf13f-91ca-4102-9e16-a43b2ec0e53b.jpg?v=1730710602","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imaginary-empires-women-writers-and-alternative-futures-in-early-us-literature-9780807178485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}