7 Affirmation: The White Man's Burden

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Surveillance: Under Western Eyes 13
6. 2 Appropriation: Inheriting the Earth 28
7. 3 Aestheticization: Savage Beauties 43
8. 4 Classification: The Order of Nations 61
9. 5 Debasement: Filth and Defilement 76
10. 6 Negation: Areas of Darkness 92
11. 7 Affirmation: The White Man's Burden 109
12. 8 Idealization: Strangers in Paradise 125
13. 9 Insubstantialization: Seeing as in a Dream 141
14. 10 Naturalization: The Wilderness in Human Form 156
15. 11 Eroticization: The Harems of the West 170
16. 12 Resistance: Notes Toward an Opening 184
17. Bibliography 203
18. Index 209