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Author:

Rizzo, Tracey, author.

Title:

Intimate empires : body, race, and gender in the modern world / Tracey Rizzo and Steven Gerontakis.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxiv, 398 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Imperialism--History.--History.
Colonization--History.--History.
Human body--History.--History.
Race--History.--History.
Sex role--History.--History.
Masculinity--History.--History.
Femininity--History.--History.
Identity (Psychology)--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Gerontakis, Steven, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-380) and index.

Contents:

The end of empire. The gender of empire: femininities -- The institutions of empire -- The artifacts of empire -- The race of empire -- The end of empire.

Summary:

"Based on the latest scholarship in gender, race, and empire studies, Intimate Empires offers truly global insight into the experiences of ordinary people during the Age of Empire. Written for undergraduates, it presents complex theories of identity construction in an accessible narrative and applies them to hundreds of memorable vignettes from all of the major modern empires"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0199978344
9780199978342

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946976965

LCCN:

2015020912

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)