ISBN:
9780252080425
,
9780252038884
,
9780252096846
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 241 S.
Dissertation note:
Telw. zugl.: Austin, Univ. Diss., 2010
DDC:
306.740966909/04
Keywords:
Sex Political aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Sex Social aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Prostitution History 20th century
;
Child prostitution History 20th century
;
Prostitution Law and legislation
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Sexually transmitted diseases History 20th century
;
Sexually transmitted diseases Colonies
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Great Britain Colonies
;
Social policy
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Nigeria Social policy 20th century
;
Nigeria Politics and government To 1960
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Nigeria
;
Sexualität
;
Prostitution
;
Kolonialismus
;
Nationalismus
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1900-1958
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : sex and sexuality in African colonial encounter"This is a city of bubbles" : Lagos and the phenomenon of colonial urbanism"The vulgar and obscene language" : prostitution, criminality, and immoralityChildhood innocence, adult criminality : child prostitution and moral anxietyThe sexual scourge of imperial order : race, the medicalization of sex, and colonial securitySexualized laws, criminalized bodies : anti-prostitution law and the making of a new socio-sexual orderMen, masculinities, and the politics of sexual controlLagos elite women and the struggle for legitimacyEpilogue. Prostitution and trafficking in the age of HIV/AIDS.
Note:
Expanded revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Texas at Austin, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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