Legible bodies race, criminality, and colonialism in South Asia

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Main Author: Anderson, Clare
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Berg 2004
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: textualizing the Indian criminal body -- Inscribing the criminal body: the penal tattoo -- 'Surely there is more in this than mere ornament': ethnography, surveillance, and the decorative tattoo -- The question of convict dress -- Voir/savoi