Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan / Janice Boddy.

  • Boddy, Janice Patricia.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xxvii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references 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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    History of Medicine
    TPJ.W.12
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  • 9780691123042
  • 0691123047
  • 9780691123059
  • 0691123055