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The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire
Greg Thomas
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Description for The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire
Paperback. A book that rigorously interrogates the language of body politics in the context of neo-colonialist domination Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power is a political, cultural, and intellectual study of race, sex, and Western empire. Greg Thomas interrogates a system that represents race, gender, sexuality, and class in certain systematic and oppressive ways. By connecting sex and eroticism to geopolitics both politically and epistemologically, he examines the logic, operations, and politics of sexuality in the West. The book focuses on the centrality of race, class, and empire to Western realities of "gender and sexuality" and to problematic Western attempts to theorize gender and sexuality (or embodiment). Addressing a wide range of intellectual disciplines, it holds out ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Blacks in the Diaspora
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253218940
SKU
V9780253218940
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About Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University and editor of Proud Flesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics, & Consciousness.
Reviews for The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire
"Thomas offers here one of the most provocative and consequential analyses of empire and sexual politics in recent years. His work provides new ways of conceptualizing sexuality, race, and empire which makes the case for rethinking all of the ways in which these fields are studied. His erudition is vast and the acuity of his analysis, unparalleled." —Judith Butler, Maxine ... Read more