Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan /

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"Civilizing Women is a riveting exploration of the disparate worlds of British colonial officers and the Muslim Sudanese they sought to remake into modern imperial subjects. Focusing on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946, Janice Boddy mines col...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boddy, Janice Patricia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Śarmā, Kṛṣṇalāla > Sūdana
Börngen, ...
Women > Sudan > Social conditions.
Female genital mutilation > Sudan.
Muslim women > Sudan.
Zār > Sudan.
Sex customs > Sudan.
British > Sudan.
Women.
Social history.
Islam.
Women
Social Conditions
Circumcision, Female
Islam
Colonialism
Femmes > Soudan > Conditions sociales.
Musulmanes > Soudan.
Zār > Soudan.
Vie sexuelle > Soudan.
Britanniques > Soudan.
Femmes.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
HISTORY > Africa > East.
British.
British colonies.
Cultural policy.
Female circumcision.
Muslim women.
Sex customs.
Women > Social conditions.
Zār.
Kolonialismus
Kulturpolitik
Beschneidung > Frau
Besessenheitskult
Sexualverhalten
Beschneidung > Mann
Frau
Kvinnor > Sudan.
Kolonier > Storbritannien.
Kvinnlig könsstympning > Sudan.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Cultural policy.
Sudan
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Afrique > Politique culturelle.
Africa.
Sudan.
Großbritannien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Frequently mentioned names
  • Chronology of events discussed in the text
  • Introduction
  • Imperial ethos
  • The Gordon cult
  • Interlude 1, Zâr and Islam
  • Tools for a quiet crusade
  • Interlude 2, Colonial Zayran
  • "Unconscious anthropologists"
  • Interlude 3, Spirit tribes
  • Contexts
  • Domestic blood and foreign spirits
  • North winds and the river
  • Cotton business
  • The crusades
  • Training bodies, colonizing minds
  • Battling the "barbarous custom"
  • Of "enthusiasts" and "cranks"
  • "More harm than good"
  • The law
  • Conclusion: civilizing women
  • Notes
  • References cited
  • Index.

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