Prostitution, race, and politics : policing venereal disease in the British Empire / / Philippa Levine

• Autore: Levine Philippa
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (491 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.74/0917241
• Soggetto topico: Prostitution - Government policy - Great Britain - Colonies - History; Sexually transmitted diseases - Government policy - Great Britain - Colonies - History; British - Sexual behavior - Great Britain - Colonies; British - Diseases - Great Britain - Colonies
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies Social policy; Great Britain Colonies Race relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-458) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Contagious diseases laws -- pt. 2. Race, sex, and politics.
• Sommario/riassunto: In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these laws in four colonial sites between the 1860s and the end of the First World War, Philippa Levine reveals how myths and prejudices about the sexual practices of colonized peoples not only had a direct and often punishing effect on how the laws operated, but how they also further justified the dist
• Titolo autorizzato: Prostitution, race, and politics
• ISBN: 1-283-96145-8; 0-203-88194-X; 1-135-94502-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462602903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II