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4. White Women, Hygiene, and the Struggle for Respectable Domesticity
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Nayan Shah
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: Public Health, Race, and Citizenship 1
- 1. Public Health and the Mapping of Chinatown 17
- 2. Regulating Bodies and Space 45
- 3. Perversity, Contamination, and the Dangers of Queer Domesticity 77
- 4. White Women, Hygiene, and the Struggle for Respectable Domesticity 105
- 5. Plague and Managing the Commercial City 120
- 6. White Labor and the American Standard of Living 158
- 7. Making Medical Borders at Angel Island 179
- 8. Healthy Spaces, Healthy Conduct 204
- 9. Reforming Chinatown 225
- Conclusion: Norms as a Way of Life 251
- Notes 259
- Bibliography 333
- Index 367
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: Public Health, Race, and Citizenship 1
- 1. Public Health and the Mapping of Chinatown 17
- 2. Regulating Bodies and Space 45
- 3. Perversity, Contamination, and the Dangers of Queer Domesticity 77
- 4. White Women, Hygiene, and the Struggle for Respectable Domesticity 105
- 5. Plague and Managing the Commercial City 120
- 6. White Labor and the American Standard of Living 158
- 7. Making Medical Borders at Angel Island 179
- 8. Healthy Spaces, Healthy Conduct 204
- 9. Reforming Chinatown 225
- Conclusion: Norms as a Way of Life 251
- Notes 259
- Bibliography 333
- Index 367
