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No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now knovvn or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMcClintock, Anne.  \nImperial leather : race, gender and sexuality  \nin the colonial contest / by Anne IVlcClintock.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 0-415-90889-2--ISBN 0-415-90890-6 (pbk.)  \n1. Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.  \n2. Man-woman relationships-Great Britain--Colonies History. 3. Great Britain--Colonies-History--20th century.  \n4. Imperialism 􀁖 Great Britain--Colonies--History. 5. Sex role--Great Britain--Colonies--History. 6. Great Britain .­ Colonies--Race relations. 7. Sex--Great Britain--Colonies--­  \nHistory. 8. Commonwealth of Nations--History.  \nI. Title.  \nDA16.M37 1994  \n305.3 '0941--dc20  \n94-7593 elr  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data also available  \nfor Rob and Valerie  \nI  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments IX  \nINTRODUCTION 1  \nPostcolonialism and the Angel of Progress  \nEM P I R E OF THE HOM E I 8  \nI T HE LAY OF THE LAND 21 Genealogies of Imperialism  \n2 􀀴'MASSA\" AND MAIDS 75  \nPower and Desire in the Imperial Metropolis  \n3 IMPERIAL LEATHER 132  \nRace, Cross-dressing and the Cult of Domesticity  \n4 PSYCHOANALYSIS, RACE AND FEMALE FETISHISM 181  \n DOUBLE CROSSINGS 204  \n5 SOFT-SOAPINGEMPIRE 207 Commodity Racism and Imperial Advertising  \n6 THE WHIT E FAMILY 0 F MAN 232 Colonial Discourse and the Reinvention of Patriarchy  \n7 0 L IVESCH REINER 258 The Limits of Colonial Feminism  \nDISMANTLIN G THE MASTE R'S HOUSE 296  \n8 THE seAN DAL 0 F HYBRI D IT Y 299  \nBlack Women's Resistance and Narrative Ambiguit.Y  \n9 􀅰, AZ I KW E L WA\" ( WE WI LL NOT RI D E ) 329 Cultural Resistance in the Desperate Decades  \nIo N 0 LO NG ER I N A FUTURE HEAVE N 352 Nationalism, Gender and Race  \nPOSTS CR I PT 391  \nThe Angel of Progress  \nNotes 397  \nList of Illustrations 434  \nIndex 440  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nIn writing this book I have garnered many debts. I wish first thank my friends for their unfailing love and inspirational support. They are too many to name here, but they know who the,Y are, and I thank them all.  \nMany people gave generously of their time in reading, editing or discussing parts of this manuscript in its various forms: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Nancy Armstrong, Adam Ashforth, Homi Bhabha, John Bird, Elleke Boehmer, Jerry Broughton, Carol Boyce-Davies, Neville Choonoo, Clara Connolly, Laura Chrisman, David Damrosch, Jean Franco, Henry Lewis Gates, Liz Gunner, Catherine Hall, Stuart Hall, Janet Hart, Kathleen Hill, Clifford Hill, Rachel Holmes, Qadri Ismail, Cora Kaplan, David Kastan, Dominic LaCapra, Neil Lazarus, David Lloyd, Melinda Mash, Aamir Mufti, Benita Parry, Ken Parker, Mary Louise Pratt, Bruce Robbins, George Robertson, Ellen Rooney, Trish Rosen, Andrew Ross, Lynne Segal, Ella Shohat, George Stade , Bob Starn, Michael Sprinker, Michael Taussig, Robert von Halberg, Penny von Eschen, Cherryl Walker, Cornel West and Patrick Williams. I thank them all.  \nI am deeply grateful to all my friends at Columbia, especially Marcellus Blount, Ann Douglas, Jean Howard, Priscilla Wald and Gauri Viswanathan, whose laughter, solidarity and intellectual vibrancy have meant more than I can say. Very special thanks must go to Edward Said for his inspirational blend of academic and political engagemen","cbCaitxCxYuziiLo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitxCxYuziiLo","pdf",19626835,462,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments\n## Introduction\n## Empire of the Home\n## \"Massa\" and Maids\n## Imperial Leather\n## Psychoanalysis, Race and Female Fetishism\n## Double Crossings\n## Soft-Soaping Empire\n## The White Family of Man\n## Olivesche Reiner\n## Dismantling the Master’s House\n## The Seandal of Hybridity\n## “Azikwelwa\" (We Will Not Ride)\n## No Longer in a Future Heaven\n## Postscript\n## Notes\n## List of Illustrations\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What central themes does Imperial Leather explore?\",\"answer\":\"It explores race, gender, and sexuality in the British colonial contest, showing how colonial power reorganized ideas of family, desire, and identity.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect colonialism to cultural and domestic life?\",\"answer\":\"It analyzes imperial discourse through the metropolis, domesticity, commodity advertising, and the re-invention of patriarchy to show how everyday culture served colonial goals.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of resistance or critique does the book highlight?\",\"answer\":\"It discusses Black women’s resistance and narrative ambiguity, along with cultural resistance in later decades, and it also examines nationalism, gender, and race as contested political ideas.\"}]","Imperial Leather - Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest | PDF",1789949886,711]