Webbed connectivities : the imperial sociology of sex, gender, and sexuality / Vrushali Patil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patil, Vrushali, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Sexism.

Imperialism.

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Webbed Connectivities offers a global historical sociology that reembeds the United States within histories of empire, situating the emergence of northern and U.S.-based concepts and frameworks squarely within these histories. It explores the theoretical spaces that spotlighting imperial hierarchies within knowledge production might open, including making productive and essential connections across sites of the global south and north"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Where Is the Transnational (and the Imperial)?

The Heterosexual Matrix as Imperial Effect

The Biopolitics of Binary Bodies: Considering Scale, Race, and Empire

The Special Oriental Vice, the Savage Vice, and the Sexual Furor: Racial-Imperial Webs and the Invention of "Modern" Sexuality

The Reordering of Empire and the American Invention of Gender

Conclusion: Locating the Transnational and the Imperial.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Patil, Vrushali Webbed Connectivities

ISBN:

9781452967776

1452967776

9781452967769

1452967768

OCLC:

1316704896