Carnal knowledge and imperial power : race and the intimate in colonial rule / Ann Laura Stoler.

  • Stoler, Ann Laura.
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[2002], ©2002
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Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

xi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-317) and index.

Contents

Genealogies of the intimate: movements in colonial studies -- Rethinking colonial categories: European communities and the boundaries of rule -- Carnal knowledge and imperial power: gender and morality in the making of race -- Sexual affronts and racial frontiers: cultural competence and the dangers of métissage -- A sentimental education: children on the imperial divide -- A colonial reading of Foucault: bourgeois bodies and racial selves -- Memory-work in Java: a cautionary tale.

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  • 0520231104
  • 0520231112