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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Autor principal: Anderson, Clare 1969- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [u.a.] Berg 2004
En:Año: 2004
Edición:1. publ.
Acceso en línea: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
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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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
Notas:Formerly CIP
Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:VIII, 245 S., Ill., 23cm
ISBN:1859738559
1859738605