ISBN:
0691123055
,
9780691123059
,
0691123047
,
9780691123042
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVII, 402 S.
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Ill., Kt.
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24 cm
DDC:
392.1
Keywords:
Geschichte 1881-1956
;
Frau
;
Beschneidung
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Islam
;
Kolonialismus
;
Kulturpolitik
;
Sudan
;
Großbritannien
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- List of frequently mentioned names -- Chronology -- Map -- Introduction -- Imperial ethos -- The Gordon cult -- Interlude 1, Zar 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 -- Bibliography -- Index
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