Civilizing Women British Crusades in Colonial Sudan

Name: Civilizing Women British Crusades in Colonial Sudan
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ISBN: 9780691123059

ISBN-10: 0691123055

ISBN-13: 9780691123059

Edition: 2007

Authors: Janice Boddy, Janice Boddy

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Focusing on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946, 'Civilizing Women' is a riveting exploration of the disparate worlds of British colonial officers and the Muslim Sudanese they sought to remake into modern imperial subjects.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.13" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Glossary


Frequently Mentioned Names


Chronology of Events Discussed in the Text


Introduction



Imperial Ethos





The Gordon Cult


Interlude 1, Zar 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