Description
| Product ID: | 9780520262461 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power |
| Subtitle: | Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule, With a New Preface |
| Authors: | Author: Ann Laura Stoler |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | History, History |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Investigates the matters of state in late 19th and early 20th century Indonesia, particularly the critical role played by sexual arrangements and affective attachments in creating colonial categories and distinguishing the ruler from the ruled. This work argues that social classification is not a benign cultural act but a potent political one. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-02-10 |
