Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan / Janice Boddy.
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Boddy, Janice Patricia (författare)
- ISBN 9780691123042 (hardcover alk paper)
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, cop. 2007.
- Engelska xxvii, 402 p.
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Innehållsförteckning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- 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)
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