In Defense of Honor

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In Defense of Honor
Author : Sueann Caulfield
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Publisher : Duke University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 29 March 2024
ISBN : 0822323982
Pages : 332 pages
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In Defense of Honor by Sueann Caulfield Book PDF Summary

Examines debates over sexual honor to explore the ways in which private morality was infused with the cultural politics of nation-building and modernization, and was used to legitimate power differentials based on race, gender, and class.

In Defense of Honor

Examines debates over sexual honor to explore the ways in which private morality was infused with the cultural politics of nation-building and modernization, and was used to legitimate power differentials based on race, gender, and class.

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