{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225758981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","title":"Making Empire Ordinary: Epistolary Objectivity and Colonial Knowledge in Jemima Kindersley\u2019s Letters","display_name":"Making Empire Ordinary: Epistolary Objectivity and Colonial Knowledge in Jemima Kindersley\u2019s Letters","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225758981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5334/as.263","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179764","display_name":"Anglo sax\u00f3nica/Anglo sax\u00f3nica","issn_l":"0873-0628","issn":["0873-0628","2184-6006"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","ddh","doaj","erih-plus","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Anglo Saxonica","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5133004332","display_name":"Negar Noofeli","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79516672","display_name":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","ror":"https://ror.org/01x8rc503","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799628689","https://openalex.org/I79516672"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Negar Noofeli","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79516672"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120090582","display_name":"Yazdan Mahmoudi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2865-8287","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2865-8287"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79516672","display_name":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","ror":"https://ror.org/01x8rc503","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799628689","https://openalex.org/I79516672"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yazdan Mahmoudi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2865-8287","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79516672"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5133004332"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79516672"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"1","first_page":"12","last_page":"12"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13575","display_name":"Travel Writing and Literature","score":0.9589999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13575","display_name":"Travel Writing and Literature","score":0.9589999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13474","display_name":"Autobiographical and Biographical Writing","score":0.019099999219179153,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10011","display_name":"Literature: history, themes, analysis","score":0.014100000262260437,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2482559","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206330","display_name":"Objectivity (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.7767000198364258},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C531593650","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7167","display_name":"Colonialism","level":2,"score":0.6970999836921692},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778495208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48349","display_name":"Empire","level":2,"score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780224610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530061","display_name":"Credibility","level":2,"score":0.6100000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199776023","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202875","display_name":"Negotiation","level":2,"score":0.5928999781608582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.5288000106811523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.4876999855041504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.430400013923645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C501832835","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8680","display_name":"British Empire","level":3,"score":0.4065999984741211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.397599995136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.39419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.3716999888420105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C510816226","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42865","display_name":"Orientalism","level":2,"score":0.3481000065803528},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.34119999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.290800005197525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.2858000099658966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31170391","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188619","display_name":"Hierarchy","level":2,"score":0.28049999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119513131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11030","display_name":"Journalism","level":2,"score":0.25940001010894775}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5334/as.263","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179764","display_name":"Anglo sax\u00f3nica/Anglo sax\u00f3nica","issn_l":"0873-0628","issn":["0873-0628","2184-6006"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","ddh","doaj","erih-plus","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Anglo Saxonica","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5334/as.263","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5334/as.263","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179764","display_name":"Anglo sax\u00f3nica/Anglo sax\u00f3nica","issn_l":"0873-0628","issn":["0873-0628","2184-6006"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","ddh","doaj","erih-plus","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Anglo Saxonica","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W190373768","https://openalex.org/W620642268","https://openalex.org/W1981358341","https://openalex.org/W2563002972","https://openalex.org/W2795573638","https://openalex.org/W2894732374","https://openalex.org/W3118651177","https://openalex.org/W3209336811","https://openalex.org/W4235090447","https://openalex.org/W4248594581","https://openalex.org/W4253893762","https://openalex.org/W4255247265","https://openalex.org/W4319034090","https://openalex.org/W4405105048","https://openalex.org/W4410991329","https://openalex.org/W7161623045"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"article":[1,128,187],"examines":[2],"Jemima":[3],"Kindersley\u2019s":[4],"Letters":[5],"from":[6],"the":[7,12,18,52,64,127,163,166,180,215,224],"Island":[8],"of":[9,14,63,72,79,97,100,103,108,115,125,160,182,192,201],"Teneriffe,":[10],"Brazil,":[11],"Cape":[13],"Good":[15],"Hope,":[16],"and":[17,33,105,111,120,122,133,179,210],"East":[19],"Indies":[20],"(1777)":[21],"to":[22,50,81],"show":[23],"how":[24,83,130,205],"report\u2011like":[25],"objectivity":[26],"functions":[27],"as":[28,34,74],"a":[29,35],"gendered":[30,112,216],"credibility":[31],"strategy":[32],"mechanism":[36],"for":[37],"rendering":[38],"imperial":[39,225],"power":[40],"administratively":[41],"ordinary.":[42],"Situating":[43],"Kindersley":[44],"within":[45],"eighteenth\u2011century":[46],"travel":[47,221],"writing\u2019s":[48],"claims":[49],"authoritativeness,":[51],"essay":[53],"reads":[54],"her":[55],"matter\u2011of\u2011fact":[56],"prose":[57],"through":[58,76,88],"Homi":[59],"K.":[60],"Bhabha\u2019s":[61],"concept":[62],"Third":[65],"Space,":[66],"read":[67],"alongside":[68],"Doreen":[69],"Massey\u2019s":[70],"account":[71],"space":[73],"constituted":[75],"social":[77],"relations":[78],"power,":[80],"track":[82],"colonial":[84,202],"knowledge":[85],"is":[86,207],"produced":[87],"negotiation":[89],"rather":[90],"than":[91],"settled":[92],"mastery.":[93],"Through":[94],"close":[95],"readings":[96],"institutional":[98],"descriptions":[99],"rule,":[101],"discussions":[102],"religion":[104],"antiquity,":[106],"scenes":[107],"first":[109],"contact":[110],"space,":[113],"moments":[114,191],"contradictory":[116],"judgment":[117],"about":[118],"labor":[119],"manufacture,":[121],"explicit":[123],"acts":[124],"qualification,":[126],"demonstrates":[129],"listing,":[131],"classification,":[132],"calibrated":[134],"self\u2011correction":[135],"translate":[136],"difference":[137],"into":[138,157],"familiar":[139],"European":[140],"frames.":[141],"These":[142],"procedures":[143],"do":[144],"not":[145,195],"simply":[146],"reflect":[147],"empire;":[148],"they":[149],"make":[150],"hierarchy":[151],"appear":[152],"reasonable":[153],"by":[154],"converting":[155],"domination":[156],"routine":[158],"forms":[159],"explanation.":[161],"At":[162],"same":[164],"time,":[165],"letters":[167],"repeatedly":[168],"disclose":[169],"interpretive":[170],"strain":[171],"where":[172],"perception":[173],"falters,":[174],"stereotypes":[175],"must":[176],"be":[177],"recalibrated,":[178],"limits":[181],"generalization":[183],"are":[184,194],"acknowledged.":[185],"The":[186],"argues":[188],"that":[189,218],"these":[190],"adjustment":[193],"incidental":[196],"inconsistencies":[197],"but":[198],"constitutive":[199],"features":[200],"narration,":[203],"revealing":[204],"authority":[206],"maintained,":[208],"repaired,":[209],"strategically":[211],"delimited,":[212],"especially":[213],"under":[214],"pressures":[217],"shape":[219],"women\u2019s":[220],"writing":[222],"in":[223],"archive.":[226]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-11T12:16:26.678958","created_date":"2026-11-11T00:00:00"}