Legible bodies: race, criminality and colonialism in South Asia

Introduction: textualizing the Indian criminal body -- Inscribing the criminal body: the penal tattoo -- 'Surely there is more in this than mere ornament': ethnography, surveillance, and the decorative tattoo -- The question of convict dress -- Voir/savoir: photographing, measuring and fin...

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Main Author: Anderson, Clare 1969- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Berg 2004
In:Year: 2004
Edition:1. publ.
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Publisher)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Criminals > India > Identification > History > 19th century
Criminal justice, Administration of > India > History > 19th century
Criminal anthropology > History > 19th century
Strafrecht
Täter
Tätowierung
Geschichte 1765-1947
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
India > Ethnic relations
Indien
Indien > Strafurteil > Krimineller > Geschichte 1765-1947
Strafrecht > Täter > Tätowierung
Großbritannien > Südasien > Strafkolonie
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Summary:Introduction: textualizing the Indian criminal body -- Inscribing the criminal body: the penal tattoo -- 'Surely there is more in this than mere ornament': ethnography, surveillance, and the decorative tattoo -- The question of convict dress -- Voir/savoir: photographing, measuring and fingerprinting the Indian criminal -- Emperors of the Lilliputians: criminal physiology and the Indian social body
Item Description:Formerly CIP
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VIII, 245 S., Ill., 23cm
ISBN:1-85973-855-9
1-85973-860-5