Imperial leather : race, gender, and sexuality in the colonial contest /: race, gender, and sexuality in the colonial contest. (1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne McClintock.
• Authors: McClintock, Anne, 1954-
• Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the angel of progress -- The lay of the land: genealogies of imperialism -- 'Massa' and maids: power and desire in the imperial metropolis -- Imperial leather: race, cross-dressing and the cult of domesticity -- Psychoanalysis, race and female fetishism -- Soft-soaping empire: commodity racism and imperial advertising -- The white family of man: colonial discourse and the reinvention of patriarchy -- Olive Schreiner: the limits of colonial feminism -- The scandal of hybridity: Black women's resistance and narrative ambiguity -- 'Azikwelwa' (we will not ride): cultural resistance in the desperate decades -- No longer in a future heaven: nationalism, gender and race -- Postscript: the angel of progress.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 449 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 305.3/0941; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Man-woman relationships -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History; Sex role -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History; Sex -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History; Social Sciences; Relations entre hommes et femmes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire; Rôle selon le sexe -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire; Sexualité -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Imperialisme; Kolonialisme; Rassenverhoudingen; Sekseverschillen; Seksualiteit; Rôle selon le sexe -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire; Relations hommes-femmes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire; Kolonialismus; Geschlechterbeziehung; Imperialism; Könsroller; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Relations raciales; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- 19e siècle; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- 20e siècle; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Relations interethniques; Großbritannien; Brittiska öarna -- historia; Electronic books; History; Histoire
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135209100; 1135209103; 9781135209117; 1135209111
• Related ISBNs: 0415908892; 9780415908894; 0415908906; 9780415908900
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-433) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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