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

Author/creator Boddy, Janice Patricia
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Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxxvii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [373]-389) and index.
LCCN 2006028289
ISBN9780691123042 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691123047 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691123059 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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