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Book SynopsisInvestigates 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 ContentsPreface 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
