Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power - Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule, With a New Preface (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)

This landmark book tracks matters of intimacy to investigate matters of state in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Indonesia, particularly the critical role played by sexual arrangements and affective attachments in creating colonial categories and distinguishing the ruler from the ruled. Arguing that social classification is not a benign cultural act but a potent political one, Ann Laura Stoler's essays focus on parents and parenting, nursing mothers, servants, orphanages, and abandoned children to reveal why they were understood as so essential to imperial governance and why they have been so consistently absent from its historiography. In a new preface, Stoler takes up a broad range of problematics raised in the first edition, including the analytics of comparison, the treatment of the intimate, and more.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	February 2010
Authors:	Ann Laura Stoler
Creators:	Ann Laura Stoler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	335
Edition:	2 Revised Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-26246-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	0-520-26246-8
Barcode:	9780520262461

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