| Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia Contributor(s): Damousi, Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521587239 ISBN-13: 9780521587235 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: This innovative book tells the powerful stories of convict women, while drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics. It looks at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Damousi considers such topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons, as well as analyzing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference became a focus for cultural anxiety in colonial society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.374 |
| LCCN: 96046423 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.94" W x 8.92" (0.99 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |