Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities (Hardcover)

Contents:
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: The Unfinished Business of Colonial Modernities Antoinette Burton
Part I: Colonial Modernity, Sexuality and Space: Mapping New Terrains 1. Cleansing Motherhood: Hygiene and the Culture of Domesticity in San Francisco's Chinatown, 1875-1900. Nayan Shah, University of New York, Binghampton 2. Modernity, Medicine and Colonialism: The Contagious Diseases Ordinances in Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements Philippa Levine, University of South California, USA 3. White Colonialism and Sexual Modernity: Australian Women in the Early 20th Century Metropolis Angela Woollacott, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Part II. Spectacles of Racialised Modernity: Representation and Cultural Production
4. Local Colour: The Spectacle of Race at Niagara Falls Karen Dubinsky, Queens University, Ontario, Canada 5. Unsettling Settlers: Colonial Migrants and Racialised Sexuality in Interwar Marseilles Yael Simpson Fletcher, Emory University, Georgia, USA 6. Wanted Native Views: Collecting Colonial Postcards of India Saloni Mathur, University of Michigan, USA
Part III Domestic Contingencies and the Gendered Nation
7. Racialising Imperial Canada: Indian Women and the Making of Ethnic Communities Enakshi Dua, Queens University, Canada 8. 'Unnecessary Crimes and Tragedies': Race, Gender and Sexuality in Australian Policies of Aboriginal Child Removal Fiona Paisley, Australia National University 9. Gendering the Modern: Women and Home Science in British India Mary Hancock, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 10. Gender and 'Hyper-Masculinity' as Postcolonial Modernity during Indonesia's Struggle for Independence, 1945 - 1949 Frances Gouda, School of International Service, USA
Part IV: Colonial Modernities and Syncretic Traditions: Negotiating New Identities
11. 'Respectability', 'Modernity' and the Policing of 'Culture' in Colonial Ceylon Malathi de Alwis, Social Scientists' Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12. Ancient Wisdom, Modern Motherhood: Theosophy and the Colonial Syncretic Joy Dixon, University of British Columbia, Canada 13. The Lineage of the 'Indian' Modern: Rhetoric, Agency and the Sarda Act in Late Colonial India Mrinalini Sinha, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Gender and History
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Antoinette Burton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-20068-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-415-20068-7
Barcode:	9780415200684

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