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Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan
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Title
Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan / Janice Boddy.
ISBN
9780691123042 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691123047 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691123059 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691123055 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xxvii, 402 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-389) and index.
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Frequently mentioned names
Chronology of events discussed in the text
Introduction
Imperial ethos
The Gordon cult
Interlude 1, Zâr and Islam
Tools for a quiet crusade
Interlude 2, Colonial Zayran
"Unconscious anthropologists"
Interlude 3, Spirit tribes
Contexts
Domestic blood and foreign spirits
North winds and the river
Cotton business
The crusades
Training bodies, colonizing minds
Battling the "barbarous custom"
Of "enthusiasts" and "cranks"
"More harm than good"
The law
Conclusion: civilizing women
Notes
References cited
Index.
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