Marriage, Perversion, and Power by Diana Jeater
This is the first scholarly study of African marriage relationships in Southern Rhodesia during the early twentieth century. It is a highly original and cogently argued history of sexuality and gender relations in colonial Africa. Diana Jeater's analysis pays careful attention to methodological questions and fruitfully combines historical and anthropological approaches. Dr Jeater examines the marriage relationship and the regulation of sexuality in terms of both the poltiical and the production systems, and offers valuable insights into the nature of gender relationships before and during the colonial period. She analyses colonial ideology, its contradictions and its effects on the people of Southern Rhodesia, and explores the interactions between black and white, male and female. Marriage, Perversion, and Power is an important contribution to African history and to the study of gender relations.
Jeater's account emphasises the substantial differences amongst the white elite as to whether and how state intervention in marriage and sexual practices should take place* Current Writing *
Jeater, Diana: - Diana Jeater is Head of the School of History and Principal Lecturer in African History, University of the West of England, Bristol.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198203797 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198203799 |
| Title | Marriage, Perversion, and Power |
| Author | Diana Jeater |
| Series | Oxford Studies In African Affairs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1993-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 290 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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