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Depraved and Disorderly - Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,114
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Depraved and Disorderly - Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia (Paperback): Joy Damousi

Depraved and Disorderly - Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia (Paperback)

Joy Damousi

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This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 1997
First published: 1997
Authors: Joy Damousi
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-58723-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
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LSN: 0-521-58723-9
Barcode: 9780521587235

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