Summary Of Philippa Levine's Sexuality, Gender, And Empire '
In her writing Sexuality, Gender, and Empire (2007), Philippa Levine focus upon the juxtaposition of the societal attitude towards sex between the metropole of Britain and its bounded colonies. By analyzing the different values towards the feminine role, whether Native or British and gender in the colonies, Levine highlights how the representation and regulation of sexuality was an integral component of politics for the Empire, while also having the potential to collapse and unhinge the very makeup by diluting the line between racial difference. Her purpose is to interject the idea of an often-disregarded notion of sex’s prominent role and influence on the Empire, and what happened when establishing a perceived superior moral and culturally