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Effeminism : The Economy of Colonial Desire
Effeminism The Economy of Colonial Desire
Author: Revathi Krishnaswamy
The "femininity" of colonized territories and subjects has provided Orientalist narrative with its most abiding metaphor for the exoticism of the East, and rape has served as the most enduring paradigmatic trope for colonial relations. Revathi Krishnaswamy argues, however, that this ravishment is often more about emasculating a male than about p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780472109753
ISBN-10: 0472109758
Publication Date: 3/1/1999
Pages: 208
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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