Purifying empire: obscenity and the politics of moral regulation in Britain, India and Australia/ Deana Heath

By: Heath, DeanaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 238 pISBN: 9781107676596Subject(s): Obscenity (Law) -- Colonies -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Colonies -- History Great Britain -- Colonies -- AdministrationDDC classification: 320
Contents:
Introduction: books, boundaries and Britishness; 1. Colonialism and governmentality; 2. From sovereignty to governmentality: the emergence of obscenity regulation as a bio-political project in Britain; 3. Globalizing the local: imperial hygiene and the regulation of the obscene; 4. Localizing the global in settler societies: regulating the obscene in Australia; 5. Localizing the global in exploitation colonies: regulating the obscene in India; Conclusion: retangling empire, nation, colony and globe; Bibliography.
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Introduction: books, boundaries and Britishness;
1. Colonialism and governmentality;
2. From sovereignty to governmentality: the emergence of obscenity regulation as a bio-political project in Britain;
3. Globalizing the local: imperial hygiene and the regulation of the obscene;
4. Localizing the global in settler societies: regulating the obscene in Australia;
5. Localizing the global in exploitation colonies: regulating the obscene in India; Conclusion: retangling empire, nation, colony and globe;
Bibliography.

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