Sex and control : venereal disease, colonial physicians, and indigenous agency in German colonialism, 1884-1914
In responding to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany's colonies, doctors took a biopolitical approach that employed medical and bourgeois discourses of modernization, health, productivity, and morality. Their goal was to change the behavior of targeted groups, or at least...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY : Berghahn,
2015
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Monographs in German history
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Monographs in German history |
| Schlagworte: | Sexually transmitted diseases Medical policy Sexually transmitted diseases ; Germany ; History.. Sexually transmitted diseases ; Colonies ; Germany ; History Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (197 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | In responding to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany's colonies, doctors took a biopolitical approach that employed medical and bourgeois discourses of modernization, health, productivity, and morality. Their goal was to change the behavior of targeted groups, or at least to isolate infected individuals from the healthy population. However, the Africans, Pacific Islanders, and Asians they administered to were not passive recipients of these strategies. Rather, their behavior strongly influenced the efficacy and nature of these public health measures. While an apparent d |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (197 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781782385929 1782385924 9781782385912 1782385916 |