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Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History
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Description for Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History
paperback. An innovative collection that brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies Editor(s): Stoler, Ann Laura. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 568 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 784.
A milestone in U.S. historiography, Haunted by Empire brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role of “domains of the intimate” in the consolidation of colonial power. They demonstrate how the categories of difference underlying colonialism—the distinctions advanced as the justification for the colonizer’s rule of the colonized—were enacted and reinforced in intimate realms from the bedroom to the classroom to the medical examining room. Together the essays focus attention on the politics of comparison—on how ... Read more
A milestone in U.S. historiography, Haunted by Empire brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role of “domains of the intimate” in the consolidation of colonial power. They demonstrate how the categories of difference underlying colonialism—the distinctions advanced as the justification for the colonizer’s rule of the colonized—were enacted and reinforced in intimate realms from the bedroom to the classroom to the medical examining room. Together the essays focus attention on the politics of comparison—on how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822337249
SKU
V9780822337249
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About Stoler
Ann Laura Stoler is Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies and Chair of the Anthropology Department at The New School for Social Research. She is the author of Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule and Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault’s History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of ... Read more
Reviews for Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History
“This powerful collection of dazzling essays offers essential reading for our times. It shows us historically how the vast geopolitical movements of empire and globalization rely on intimate recesses of everyday domestic life at home and abroad. It demonstrates the urgency of understanding the long history and geographical reach of the American empire through comparative and transnational perspectives.”—Amy Kaplan, author ... Read more