ISBN:
9780415196154
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (449 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Colonialism and Homosexuality
DDC:
306.766
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examining case studies, each a micro history of a particular colonial situation and a sexual encounter, this is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s until the era of decolonization
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: The seduction of the colonies; Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love; Part I: Colonials and homosexuality; 1 The sex life of explorers; 2 Captains of empire; 3 The company of men; 4 Writers' lives and letters; 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism'; 6 Scandals and tragedies; Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality; 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia; 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia; 9 The British (and others) in South Asia; 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah
Description / Table of Contents:
11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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