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Investigates the matters of state in late 19th and early 20th century Indonesia, particularly the critical role played by sexual arrangements and affective attachments in creating colonial categories and distinguishing the ruler from the ruled. This work argues that social classification is not a benign cultural act but a potent political one.

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"Comprehensive, erudite, and compelling." * Journal of Modern History *

Table of Contents
Preface to the 2010 Edition: Zones of the Intimate in Imperial Formations
Acknowledgments
Note on Illustrations

1. GENEALOGIES OF THE INTIMATE: MOVEMENTS IN COLONIAL STUDIES

2. RETHINKING COLONIAL CATEGORIES: EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RULE

3. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPERIAL POWER: GENDER AND MORALITY IN THE MAKING OF RACE

4. SEXUAL AFFRONTS AND RACIAL FRONTIERS: CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND THE DANGERS OF METISSAGE

5. A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION: CHILDREN ON THE IMPERIAL DIVIDE

6. A COLONIAL READING OF FOUCAULT: BOURGEOIS BODIES AND RACIAL SELVES

7. MEMORY-WORK IN JAVA: A CAUTIONARY TALE
EPILOGUE. CAVEATS ON COMFORT ZONES AND COMPARATIVE FRAMES

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 10 February 2010
      ISBN-13 9780520262461
      978-0520262461
      ISBN-10 0520262468
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      History European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Investigates the matters of state in late 19th and early 20th century Indonesia, particularly the critical role played by sexual arrangements and affective attachments in creating colonial categories and distinguishing the ruler from the ruled. This work argues that social classification is not a benign cultural act but a potent political one.

      Trade Review
      "Comprehensive, erudite, and compelling." * Journal of Modern History *

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 2010 Edition: Zones of the Intimate in Imperial Formations
      Acknowledgments
      Note on Illustrations

      1. GENEALOGIES OF THE INTIMATE: MOVEMENTS IN COLONIAL STUDIES

      2. RETHINKING COLONIAL CATEGORIES: EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RULE

      3. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPERIAL POWER: GENDER AND MORALITY IN THE MAKING OF RACE

      4. SEXUAL AFFRONTS AND RACIAL FRONTIERS: CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND THE DANGERS OF METISSAGE

      5. A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION: CHILDREN ON THE IMPERIAL DIVIDE

      6. A COLONIAL READING OF FOUCAULT: BOURGEOIS BODIES AND RACIAL SELVES

      7. MEMORY-WORK IN JAVA: A CAUTIONARY TALE
      EPILOGUE. CAVEATS ON COMFORT ZONES AND COMPARATIVE FRAMES

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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