Introduction

  1.   Contrast different forms of imperialism. Give one example for each.
  2.   How did colonizing and colonized people adapt to imperialism?
  3.   What do postcolonial authors contribute to our understanding of imperialism?

Chapter One

  1.   What were the foundations of European masculinity? How were they transmitted?
  2.   How did enslaved men reclaim their masculinity?
  3.   Describe one form of resistance and one form of accommodation to imperialism.
  4.   How/why did heteronormativity become entrenched?
  5.   In what ways are modern racial constructions gendered?

Chapter Two

  1.   Describe the evolution of Muslim feminism.
  2.   In what ways were local women essential to the spread of imperialism?
  3.   What opportunities were open to women during the Age of Empire? How were these limited by race and class?
  4.   How did movements for women’s rights develop differently in two different cultures?
  5.   Why did masculinity and femininity develop in opposition to each other?

Chapter Three

  1.   Why did people in the colonies convert to Christianity? Give two different examples.
  2.   How did people in the colonies adapt European institutions to their own cultures?
  3.   Which imperial tools were the most effective at colonizing the mind?
  4.   Which methods of racial segregation were most effective? Which were least effective?
  5.   How did the contradictions within the institutions of empire lead to changing them or even ending them?

Chapter Four

  1.   Were people more empowered as consumers or producers of transnational goods?
  2.   Did the homogenizing of consumer culture advance or undermine European imperialism?
  3.   How did “exotic” cultures inspire European artists? Did they borrow or exploit non-European cultures?
  4.   Is modern sexuality an invention of European imperialism?
  5.   Compare and contrast two hybrid cultural products that you might consume today?

Chapter Five

  1.   Why did some people value and some people abhor body markings?
  2.   Discuss the fine line between fitness movements and race purity.
  3.   How do Western constructions of embodiment affect men and women differently?
  4.   Describe two successful transnational reform movements to end body modification.
  5.   Compare two hybrid forms of body management.

Chapter Six

  1.   Compare and contrast different forms of masculine resistance to imperial rule.
  2.   How did women in resistance movements either challenge or conform to gender norms?
  3.   Give two examples of European support for colonial independence movements.
  4.   How did imperial interventions in intimate life provoke resistance movements?
  5.   Chart a spectrum of independence movements from most violent to least violent.

Conclusion

  1.   How did interracial intimacies both enable and impede the spread of empire?
  2.   When, how, and why did European imperialism end?
  3.   Assess the legacies of European imperialism.