Sex, politics and empire : A postcolonial geography /

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Colonial governments, institutions and companies recognised that in many ways the effective operation of the Empire depended upon sexual arrangements. For example, nuclear families serving agricultural colonization, and prostitutes working for single men who powered armies and plantations, mines and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Phillips, Richard, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Edición:MSI edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Colonialism & imperialism > European history > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
Colonialism & Imperialism.
Sexual ethics > Colonies > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Mapping the tyranny
  • 1. Spreading political knowledge: English newspapers, correspondents, travellers
  • 2. Provincialising European sexuality politics: the age of consent in India
  • 3. Colonial departures: Australian activists on the age of consent and prostitution
  • 4. Heterogeneous imperialism: deciding against regulation in West Africa
  • 5. Generative margins: introducing a stronger form of regulation in Bombay
  • 6. Drawing distinctions: Richard Burton's interventions on sex between men
  • 7. Experimental and creative places: Creole interventions in Sierra Leone
  • Conclusion: Fields of understanding and political action
  • References.

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