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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Berg
2004
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| En: | Año: 2004 |
| Edición: | 1. publ. |
| Acceso en línea: |
Autorenbiografie (Verlag) Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Verlagsangaben (Verlag) |
| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 9 E 297 |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Formerly CIP Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | VIII, 245 S. Ill. 23cm |
| ISBN: | 1859738559 1859738605 |