Describes the biopolitical approach taken by doctors to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany’s colonies. Demonstrates how physicians increasingly relied on disciplinary measures beyond what was possible in Germany in order to enforce their policies. Explains how, through their discourses and actions they contributed to the justification for and the maintenance of German colonialism.
Describes the biopolitical approach taken by doctors to the perceived threat posed by venereal diseases in Germany’s colonies. Demonstrates how physicians increasingly relied on disciplinary measures beyond what was possible in Germany in order to enforce their policies. Explains how, through their discourses and actions they contributed to the justification for and the maintenance of German colonialism.
Daniel J. Walther is the Gerald R. Kleinfeld Distinguished Professor of German History at Wartburg College, where he teaches modern European and world history. He is the author of Creating Germans Abroad: Cultural Policies and National Identity in Namibia (Ohio UP, 2002) and several articles on the German experience in Namibia and on German colonialism. He has been a Fulbright Fellow, a Max Kade Fellow, a DAAD Faculty Researcher, and a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Doctors, Prostitution and Venereal Disease in Germany Part I: Male Sexuality and Prostitution in the Overseas Territories Chapter 2. Male Colonial Sexuality Chapter 3. Prostitution in Germany's Colonies Part II: Venereal Diseases in the Colonial Context Chapter 4. The Threat of VD Chapter 5. Assessing the Threat Statistically Chapter 6. Racial Categories, VD and the Colonial Order Part III: Fighting Venereal Diseases in the Colonies Chapter 7. Preventative Measures Chapter 8. Disciplining the Body Chapter 9. Treating the Body Chapter 10. Assessing the Surveillance Chapter 11. Perceived Ongoing Challenges Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index
List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Doctors, Prostitution and Venereal Disease in Germany Part I: Male Sexuality and Prostitution in the Overseas Territories Chapter 2. Male Colonial Sexuality Chapter 3. Prostitution in Germany's Colonies Part II: Venereal Diseases in the Colonial Context Chapter 4. The Threat of VD Chapter 5. Assessing the Threat Statistically Chapter 6. Racial Categories, VD and the Colonial Order Part III: Fighting Venereal Diseases in the Colonies Chapter 7. Preventative Measures Chapter 8. Disciplining the Body Chapter 9. Treating the Body Chapter 10. Assessing the Surveillance Chapter 11. Perceived Ongoing Challenges Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index
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