Marie Grace Brown

Khartoum at Night: Fashion and Body Politics in Imperial Sudan - xv, 222 p., 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.

The post office pen : the imperial mission -- "Forty white tobes" : enclosures and the campaign for pure bodies -- The schoolmistresses' ribs : dress, discipline, and progress -- The woman's voice : claiming city streets -- Khartoum at night : global politics and personal pleasures.

9781503601529


Women--Social conditions--Sudan--20th century
Women's clothing--History--Sudan--20th century
Women--Political activity--History--Sudan--20th century
Fashion--Political aspects--History--Sudan--20th century
Human body--Political aspects--History--Sudan--20th century


Sudan--Politics and government--1899-1956