Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich

• Autore: Aldrich Robert <1954, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.76/6
• Soggetto topico: Homosexuality - Europe - Colonies - History; Gay men - Sexual behavior - Europe - Colonies; Interpersonal relations - Europe - Colonies; Gay men - Africa - Social conditions; Gay men - Asia - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Colonization; Asia Colonization
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-426) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or André Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the Europeans and their non-Western lovers. Colonial lands, which in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included most of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the islands of the
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonialism and homosexuality
• ISBN: 1-134-64459-0; 1-134-64460-4; 1-281-10080-3; 9786611100803; 0-203-93017-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812731503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II