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Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia Damousi, Joy (University of Melbourne)
Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia
Damousi, Joy (University of Melbourne)
This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women, while drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics. Damousi looks at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony, and shows how sexual and racial diffrence became a focus for cultural anxiety in colonial society.
232 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 28, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521587235 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 13 mm · 350 g |
| Language | English |
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