Civilizing women : British crusades in colonial Sudan / Janice Boddy.
| Author/creator | Boddy, Janice Patricia |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xxvii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-389) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006028289 |
| ISBN | 9780691123042 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691123047 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780691123059 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691123055 (pbk. : alk. paper) |