Prostitution, race, and politics : policing venereal disease in the British Empire /
While most agree that Contagious Diseases (CD) ordinances were put in place primarily to protect the health of British soldiers, a closer examination reveals that the laws were not just about the control of VD but also 'a conscious instrument of colonial dominance'.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Comparing Colonial Sites
- pt. I. Contagious Diseases Laws
- Ch. 2. Law, Gender, and Medicine
- Ch. 3. Colonial Medicine and the Project of Modernity
- Ch. 4. Diplomacy, Disease, and Dissent
- Ch. 5. Abolitionism Declawed
- Ch. 6. Colonial Soldiers, White Women, and the First World War
- pt. II. Race, Sex, and Politics
- Ch. 7. Prostitution, Race, and Empire
- Ch. 8. Sexual Census and the Racialization of Colonial Women
- Ch. 9. White Women's Sexuality in Colonial Settings
- Ch. 10. "Not A Petticoat In Sight": The Problem of Masculinity
- Ch. 11. Space and Place: The Marketplace of Colonial Sex.