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Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities

Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities

Antoinette Burton

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2011
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Historia
ISBN:
9780415513685
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Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities presents exciting new perspectives on modern colonial regimes to researchers and students in gender studies, history and cultural studies.

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