Colonialism and Homosexuality.

By: Aldrich, RobertMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (449 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203930175Subject(s): Africa -- Colonization | Asia -- Colonization | Gay men -- Africa -- Social conditions | Gay men -- Asia -- Social conditions | Gay men -- Sexual behavior -- Europe -- Colonies | Homosexuality -- Europe -- Colonies -- History | Interpersonal relations -- Europe -- ColoniesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Colonialism and HomosexualityDDC classification: 306.76/6 LOC classification: HQ76.2.E9 -- A43 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction: The seduction of the colonies -- Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love -- Part I: Colonials and homosexuality -- 1 The sex life of explorers -- 2 Captains of empire -- 3 The company of men -- 4 Writers' lives and letters -- 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism' -- 6 Scandals and tragedies -- Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality -- 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia -- 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia -- 9 The British (and others) in South Asia -- 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah -- 11 The French in North Africa -- Part III: The end of empire -- 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality -- Epilogue: After the empire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or André Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the Europeans and their non-Western lovers. Colonial lands, which in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included most of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean, provided a haven for many Europeans whose sexual inclinations did not fit neatly into the constraints of European society. Each of the case-studies is a micro-history of a particular colonial situation, a sexual encounter, and its wider implications for cultural and political life. Students both of colonial history, and of gender and queer studies, will find this an informative read.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction: The seduction of the colonies -- Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love -- Part I: Colonials and homosexuality -- 1 The sex life of explorers -- 2 Captains of empire -- 3 The company of men -- 4 Writers' lives and letters -- 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism' -- 6 Scandals and tragedies -- Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality -- 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia -- 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia -- 9 The British (and others) in South Asia -- 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah -- 11 The French in North Africa -- Part III: The end of empire -- 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality -- Epilogue: After the empire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or André Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the Europeans and their non-Western lovers. Colonial lands, which in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included most of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean, provided a haven for many Europeans whose sexual inclinations did not fit neatly into the constraints of European society. Each of the case-studies is a micro-history of a particular colonial situation, a sexual encounter, and its wider implications for cultural and political life. Students both of colonial history, and of gender and queer studies, will find this an informative read.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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