Black Lambs and Grey Falcons: Women Travelling in the Balkans

During the 19th century the Balkan countries became the subject of a rather romantic fascination for the public at large. This vision of the area has been created in large measure by the writing of women travelers such as those represented in this volume. The achievements of these women are quite remarkable: in many cases their travels were adventurous, and even dangerous, reaching into parts of the countryside which were remote and hardly known to outsiders. Not only as travelers but also in the fields of medical and military service, scholarship and education, journalism and literature, did these women contribute in very significant ways to the expansion of women's horizons and to the attempt to gain greater freedom for women in society in general.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Preface to Second Edition Acknowledgements Editorial Introduction: Black Lambs and Grey Falcons: Outward and Inward Frontiers John B. Allcock and Antonia Young Chapter 1. Two Victorian Ladies and Bosnian Realities, 1861-1875: G.M. MacKenzie and A.P. Irby Omer Hadziselimović Chapter 2. Edith Durham, Traveller and Publicist John Hodgson Chapter 3. Edith Durham as a Collector June Hill Chapter 4. Emily Balch: Balkan Traveller, Peace Worker and Nobel Laureate Elinor M. Despalatović and Joel M. Halpern Chapter 5. The Work of British Medical Women in Serbia during and after the First World War Monica Krippner Chapter 6. Captain Flora Sandes: A Case Study in the Social Construction of Gender in a Serbian Context Julie Wheelwright Chapter 7. Rose Wilder Lane: 1886-1968 Antonia Young Chapter 8. Rebecca West, Gerda and the Sense of Process Felicity Rosslyn Chapter 9. Margaret Masson Hasluck Marc Clark Chapter 10. Louisa Rayner: An Englishwoman's Experiences in Wartime Yugoslavia Anne Kay Chapter 11. Mercia MacDermott: A Woman of the Frontier Dianne Waller Chapter 12. An Anthropologist in the Village Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern Chapter 13. Bucks, Brides and Useless Baggage: Women's Quest for a Role in their Balkan Travels Dea Birkett Chapter 14. Constructing 'the Balkans' John B. Allcock Chapter 15. Women Travellers in the Balkans: A Bibliographical Guide Jennifer Finder Notes on Contributors Index

About the Author :
John B. Allcock is head of the Research Unit in South East European Studies and is based in the Interdisciplinary Human Studies department at the University of Bradford.

Review :
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