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