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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

Written by Ann Laura Stoler

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356 pages, about 7 hours of reading

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Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.

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