Article ID: CBB001213442

Sex, Public Health and Colonial Control: The Campaign against Venereal Diseases in Germany's Overseas Possessions, 1884--1914 (2013)

unapi

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, venereal diseases were seen not only as a problem in Germany, but also in its colonial empire. In Germany, doctors believed that through their scientific training and education they could be successful in fighting VD through the use of a biopolitics aimed to educate and regulate the bodies of targeted groups. They approached the problem in the colonies from a similar perspective. However, the colonial setting was different from the homeland, which meant that policies pursued in Germany had to be modified overseas. In the end, they achieved a greater degree of supervision over targeted bodies than their peers at home. Accordingly, the goal of subjectifcation, though not entirely abandoned, assumed secondary importance behind the perceived need for more coercive methods.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB001213442/

Similar Citations

Article Pascale N. Graham; (2021)
Sex work, containment and the new discourse of public health in French colonial Levant (/isis/citation/CBB428871612/)

Article João Dinis Sousa; Philip J. Havik; Anne-Mieke Vandamme; (2021)
Sexually transmitted infections, their treatment and urban change in colonial Leopoldville, 1910–1960 (/isis/citation/CBB532712393/)

Article Trujillo-Pagan, Nicole Elise; (2013)
Worms as a Hook for Colonising Puerto Rico (/isis/citation/CBB001320558/)

Book Pugach, Sara Elizabeth Berg; (2012)
Africa in Translation: A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814--1945 (/isis/citation/CBB001212521/)

Article Safont, Eva Canaleta; Móra, Joana Maria Pujades; (2008)
Medical Discourse and Municipal Policy on Prostitution: Palma 1862--1900 (/isis/citation/CBB000931735/)

Article Huijzendveld, Frans D.; (2008)
Changes in Political Economy and Ecology in West-Usambara, Tanzania: ca. 1850--1950 (/isis/citation/CBB001031158/)

Book Mari K. Webel; (2019)
The Politics of Disease Control: Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890–1920 (/isis/citation/CBB175864050/)

Article María Luisa Múgica; (2016)
Males vergonzantes’ y prostitución reglamentada. Rosario, Argentina (1874-1932) (/isis/citation/CBB178553129/)

Article Santos, Fabiane Vinente dos; (2007)
Sexualidade e civilização nos trópicos: gênero, medicina e moral na imprensa de Manaus (1895--1915) (/isis/citation/CBB000831574/)

Chapter Castejón-Bolea, Ramón; (2001)
Doctors, social medicine and VD in late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century Spain (/isis/citation/CBB000102666/)

Authors & Contributors
Skotnes-Brown, Jules
Sousa, João Dinis
Vandamme, Anne-Mieke
Graham, Pascale N.
María Luisa Múgica
Webel, Mari K.
Concepts
Medicine and society
Public health
Colonialism
Sexually transmitted diseases
Medicine
Germany, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
Spain
Africa
Levant and Near East
Burundi
Namibia
Institutions
League of Nations
National Health Service (Great Britain)
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment