Joy Damousi, Depraved and Disorderly : Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia
The technique employed by Joy Damousi initially dazzles and impresses. The claims made in her mission statement promise a new interpretation of the female convicts transported to New South Wales (1788-1840) and to Van Diemen's Land (1803-1853). The chapters draw on the rich archive data as wel...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | The technique employed by Joy Damousi initially dazzles and impresses. The claims made in her mission statement promise a new interpretation of the female convicts transported to New South Wales (1788-1840) and to Van Diemen's Land (1803-1853). The chapters draw on the rich archive data as well as utilising the research carried out by current historians. Damousi's work has not enjoyed entirely favourable reviews in the Australian academy. Whether that hostility was governed by Damousi's fail... |
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