Black Peril, White Virtue: Sexual Crime in Southern Rhodesia, 1902-1935 - Hardcover

McCulloch, Jock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253337283 ISBN 13: 9780253337283

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book deals with the panics which swept Southern Rhodesia in the period from 1902 until the mid 1930s. The supposed sexual threat posed by the proximity of black men and white women. It also resulted in the execution of innocent men for the crimes of rape and attempted rape. The panics, which were known as Black Peril, were complex events which encompass such topics as the management of venereal disease, the politics of concubinage, and the construction of whiteness.

About this title

About the Author:

Jock McCulloch is a Senior Lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne. His principle interest is in contemporary African history. Previously he has worked as a Legislative Research Specialist in foreign affairs for the Australian Parliament and has taught at various universities. His work has taken him to Algeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya. An author of six books including Colonial Psychiatry and the "African Mind", Cambridge University Press, Jock McCulloch is now working on the history of asbestos mining in southern Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0253337283
• ISBN 13: 9780253337283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288