Colonialism and homosexuality / Robert Aldrich
- Bib ID:
- 2514411
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Aldrich, Robert, 1954-
- Description:
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- London : Routledge, 2003
- xii, 436 p., [15] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0415196159 (alkaline paper) (cased) (hardback) (hb.)
- 0415196167 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections between homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the period of decolonisation. Aldrich reconstructs liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E. M. Forster and Andre Gide, and their historical contexts. Each of the case studies is a micro-history of a particular colonial situation, a sexual encounter and its wider implications for cultural and political life."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: the seduction of the colonies
- Prologue: the art of colonial homosexual love
- Pt. 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
- Pt. 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 Africa
- Pt. III. The end of empire
- 12. Anti-colonialism and homosexuality
- Epilogue: after the empire.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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