Cargando…
Sex and control : venereal disease, colonial physicians, and Indigenous agency in German colonialism, 1884-1914 /
In responding to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany's colonies, doctors took a biopolitical approach that employed medical and bourgeois discourses of modernization, health, productivity, and morality. Their goal was to change the behavior of targeted groups, or at least...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York ; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
2015.
|
| Colección: | Monographs in German history ;
v. 36. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In responding to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany's colonies, doctors took a biopolitical approach that employed medical and bourgeois discourses of modernization, health, productivity, and morality. Their goal was to change the behavior of targeted groups, or at least to isolate infected individuals from the healthy ... |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 183 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782385929 1782385924 |