Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan / Janice Boddy.

• 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.

Ämnesord

Kvinnor  -- Sudan (sao)

Kolonier  -- Storbritannien (sao)

Kvinnlig könsstympning  -- Sudan (sao)

Women  -- Sudan. (MeSH)

Circumcision, Female  -- Sudan. (MeSH)

Colonialism  -- Sudan. (MeSH)

Islam  -- Sudan. (MeSH)

Social Conditions  -- Sudan. (MeSH)

Women  -- Sudan -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Female circumcision  -- Sudan. (LCSH)

Muslim women  -- Sudan. (LCSH)

Zār  -- Sudan. (LCSH)

Sex customs  -- Sudan. (LCSH)

British  -- Sudan. (LCSH)

Great Britain  -- Colonies -- Africa -- Cultural policy. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

392.1 (DDC)

Ohja-pbb (kssb/8)

Mz-pbb (kssb/8)

Vgaa-pbb (kssb/8)