Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Author : Ann Laura Stoler
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Language : English
Release Date : 19 April 2024
ISBN : 0520231112
Pages : 356 pages
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Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.

Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.

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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

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