Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule, With a New Preface
Ann Laura Stoler examines the intimate dimensions of colonial power, focusing on the connections among race, sexuality, and imperial rule. With a new preface, this influential scholarly work considers how private and personal relations could become central to the organization of empire.
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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power explores the relationship between race, intimacy, and colonial rule.
Ann Laura Stoler focuses on how intimate life could intersect with the organization and exercise of imperial power.
The book approaches empire through questions of sexuality, racial classification, and the politics of the intimate.
This edition includes a new preface, placing the work in the context of its continuing scholarly relevance.
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