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Sex and control : venereal disease, colonial physicians, and Indigenous agency in German colonialism, 1884-1914 /

""The author...explains venereal diseases in the former German Imperial colonies in Africa, the Pacific, and Kiautschou/China as an epidemiological, but most of all, cultural and social phenomenon....A detailed study on venereal diseases and their political, social, cultural, and of course...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walther, Daniel Joseph, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY, United States : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Colección:Monographs in German history ; v. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Male Sexuality and Prostitution in the Overseas Territories
  • 1. Doctors, Prostitution, and Venereal Disease in Germany
  • 2. Male Colonial Sexuality
  • 3. Prostitution in Germany's Colonies
  • pt. II Venereal Disease in the Colonial Context
  • 4. Threat of Venereal Disease
  • 5. Assessing the Threat Statistically
  • 6. Racial Categories, Venereal Disease, and the Colonial Order
  • pt. III Fighting Venereal Disease in the Colonies
  • 7. Preventative Measures
  • 8. Disciplining the Body
  • 9. Treating the Body
  • 10. Assessing the Surveillance
  • 11. Perceived Ongoing Challenges.