Transnational Lives: Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present (The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series)

"The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial, and cartographic boundaries"--Provided by publisher. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Foreword......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 14 Introduction......Page 18 Part I: Writing Lives Transnationally......Page 30 1 A Story with an Argument: Writing the Transnational Life of a Sea Captain’s Wife......Page 32 2 Peripheral Visions: Heterography and Writing the Transnational Life of Sara Baartman......Page 44 3 Writing the Entrapped Nations of Indigenous Australia into Being......Page 58 4 Dancing with Shadows: Biography and the Making and Remaking of the Atlantic World......Page 71 Part II: Opportunities......Page 84 5 Opportunists and Impostors in the British Imperial World: The Tale of John Dow, Convict, and Edward, Viscount Lascelles......Page 86 6 Imperial Melodies: Globalizing the Lives of Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck......Page 99 7 Colonial Origins and Audience Collusion: The Merle Oberon Story in 1930s Australia......Page 113 8 Herbert Hoover and the Transnational Lives of Engineers......Page 126 9 Manyat's 'Sole Delight': Travelling Knowledge in Western Australia's Southwest, 1830s......Page 138 10 Connecting Lives: Elihu Yale and the British East India Company......Page 150 11 'That will allow me to be my own woman': Margaret Anglin, Modernity and Transnational Stages, 1890s–1940s......Page 161 12 Made on Stage: Transnational Performance and the Worlds of Katherine Dunham from London to Dakar......Page 173 Part III: Quests......Page 186 13 The Transnational Lives of African American Colonists to Liberia......Page 188 14 Resistance in Exile: Anthony Martin Fernando, Australian Aboriginal Activist, Internationalist and Traveller in Europe......Page 200 15 'Citizens of the World?': Jane Franklin's Transnational Fantasies......Page 212 16 The Meanings of a Transnational Life: The Case of Mary Berenson......Page 226 Part IV: Cosmopolitanism......Page 238 17 Lowe Kong Meng Appeals to International Law: Transnational Lives Caught Between Empire and Nation......Page 240 18 Becoming Cosmopolitan: Judith Anderson in Sydney, Australia, 1913–1918......Page 255 19 A World War II Odyssey: Michael Danos, En Route from Riga to New York......Page 269 20 Donald Friend: An Australian Artist's Affair with Italy......Page 280 21 Gypsy in the Sun: The Transnational Life of Rosita Forbes......Page 290 A......Page 303 B......Page 305 C......Page 307 E......Page 310 F......Page 312 H......Page 313 J......Page 315 L......Page 316 M......Page 317 O......Page 318 P......Page 319 S......Page 320 T......Page 323 W......Page 324 Z......Page 326 Introduction / Desley Deacon, Penny Russell, Angela Woollacott pt. 1. Writing lives transnationally Issues and methods A story with an argument : writing the transnational life of a sea captain's wife / Martha Hodes Peripheral visions : heterography and writing the transnational life of Sara Baartman / Pamela Scully Boundaries cross bodies Writing the entrapped nations of indigenous Australia into being / Penny van Toorn Dancing with shadows : biography and the making and remaking of the Atlantic world / Michael McDonnell pt. 2. Opportunities Fantasies Opportunists and impostors in the British imperial world : the tale of John Dow, convict, and Edward, Viscount Lascelles / Kirsten McKenzie Imperial melodies : globalizing the lives of Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck / Adrian Carton Colonial origins and audience collusion : the Merle Oberon story in 1930s Australia / Angela Woollacott Livelihoods Herbert Hoover and the transnational lives of engineers / Carroll Pursell Manyats "sole delight" : travelling knowledge in Western Australia's southwest, 1830s / Tiffany Shellam Connecting lives : Elihu Yale and the British East India Company / Rajani Sudan Performances "That will allow me to be my own woman" : Margaret Anglin, modernity, and transnational stages, 1890s-1940s / Cecelia Morgan Made on stage : transnational performance and the worlds of Katherine Dunham from London to Dakar / Penny M. Von Eschen pt. 3. Quests Subaltern crossings : looking for liberty The transnational lives of African-American colonists to Liberia / Bruce Dorsey Resistance in exile : Anthony Martin Fernando, Australian Aboriginal activist, internationalist, and traveller in Europe / Fiona Paisley Intimate crossings : looking for love "Citizens of the world" : Jane Franklin's transnational fantasies / Penny Russell The meanings of a transnational life : the case of Mary Berenson / Ros Pesman pt. 4. Cosmopolitanism The world at home Lowe Kong Meng appeals to international law : transnational lives caught between empire and nation / Marilyn Lake Becoming cosmopolitan : Judith Anderson in Sydney, Australia, 1913-1918 / Desley Deacon At home in the world A World-War II odyssey : Michael Danos, en route from Riga to New York / Sheila Fitzpatrick Donald Friend : an Australian artist's affair with Italy / Ian Britain Gypsy in the sun : the transnational life of Rosita Forbes / Hsu-Ming Teo. Edited By Desley Deacon, Penny Russell And Angela Woollacott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.