ISBN:
9780226822242
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Series Statement:
Chicago scholarship online
DDC:
305.409440904
Keywords:
Kolonialmacht
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women Social conditions
;
Society
;
History
;
Society & culture: general
;
Frankreich
;
Senegal
;
Kambodscha
;
France Colonies
;
France Colonies
Abstract:
Archival research into policing and surveillance of migrant women illuminates pressing contemporary issues. Examining little-known policing archives in France, Senegal, and Cambodia, Jennifer Anne Boittin unearths the stories of hundreds of women labelled 'undesirable' by the French colonial police and society in the early 20th century. These 'undesirables' were often women travelling alone, women who were poor or ill, women of colour, or women whose intimate lives were deemed unruly. In considering how ordinary women pursued autonomy, security, companionship, or simply a better existence in the face of surveillance and control, 'Undesirable' illuminates pressing contemporary issues of migration and violence.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2022
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226822242.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226822242.001.0001
