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Depraved and Disorderly

Joy Damousi
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      This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Joy Damousi EAN: 9780521587235 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 350 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-05-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Australia, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Gender studies: women and girls, Australasian and Pacific history

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      This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Joy Damousi EAN: 9780521587235 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 350 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-05-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Australia, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Gender studies: women and girls, Australasian and Pacific history

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