Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule
- ISBN-10
- 0520231112
- ISBN-13
- 9780520231115
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Ann Laura Stoler
Description
Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.
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