Prostitution, Race and Politics ISBN-13: 9780415944472

Author: Levine, Philippa

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780415944472

Release Date: 03-08-2003

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Part Number: black & white illustrations

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches

Details: In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these laws in four colonial sites between the 1860s and the end of the First World War, Philippa Levine reveals how myths and prejudices about the sexual practices of colonized peoples not only had a direct and often punishing effect on how the laws operated, but how they also further justified the distinction between the colonizer and the colonized.