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UNINA9910820801003321 |
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Autore |
Shaw Carolyn Martin <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Colonial inscriptions : race, sex, and class in Kenya / / Carolyn Martin Shaw |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1995 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Power (Social sciences) - Kenya |
Women - Kenya - Social conditions |
Kenya Social conditions |
Kenya History 1895-1963 |
Kenya Colonial influence |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: Social Theory and Colonialism; Chapter 2. The Production of Women: Kikuyu Gender and Politics at the Beginning of the Colonial Era; Chapter 3. Kikuyu Women and Sexuality; Chapter 4. Louis Leakey and the Kikuyu; Chapter 5. The Ethnographic Past: Jomo Kenyatta and Friends; Chapter 6. Mau Mau Discourses; Chapter 7. Race, Class, Empire, and Sexuality; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores how images of African colonialism have been influenced by European and American racism and sexual fantasies. |
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