Prostitution, Race and Politics

Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, History, British
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Author: Philippa Levine ISBN: 9781135945015
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Philippa Levine
ISBN: 9781135945015
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these laws in four colonial sites between the 1860s and the end of the First World War, Philippa Levine reveals how myths and prejudices about the sexual practices of colonized peoples not only had a direct and often punishing effect on how the laws operated, but how they also further justified the distinction between the colonizer and the colonized.

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In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these laws in four colonial sites between the 1860s and the end of the First World War, Philippa Levine reveals how myths and prejudices about the sexual practices of colonized peoples not only had a direct and often punishing effect on how the laws operated, but how they also further justified the distinction between the colonizer and the colonized.

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