The protection of white settler bodies and minds against the tropical climate was a central concern in Britain’s African territories. Despite substantial medical advances from the 1890s onwards, and the continuing colonial narrative of European medical power and superiority, white settlers in the tropics were viewed as profoundly vulnerable throughout the early twentieth century. Tropical hygiene advice and equipment developed in response, with every aspect of daily life commented upon by experts in guidebooks and medical advice books. This article explores how white settlers in British East and South-Central Africa, primarily Kenya and Rhodesia, negotiated and adapted the highly prescriptive body management recommendations found in the advice literature. It considers three strands of advice: dress, ‘sanitary segregation’, and ‘moral’ matters (including alcohol consumption, sexual behaviour, personal hygiene, and mental wellbeing). It argues that settlers did not simply replicate professional advice, and that, although influenced by recommended hygienic measures, they managed their bodies in far more dynamic and variable ways, adapting advice to produce individualised body management regimes.

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太阳帽、日落者和热带卫生：管理英属东非和中南部非洲定居者的身心，1890-1939

保护白人定居者的身心不受热带气候影响是英国非洲领土的核心问题。尽管自 1890 年代以来医学取得了重大进展，并且欧洲医疗力量和优势的殖民叙事仍在继续，但在整个 20 世纪初，热带地区的白人定居者仍被视为极其脆弱。热带卫生建议和设备应运而生，日常生活的方方面面都得到了指南和医疗建议书中的专家的评论。本文探讨了英属东非和中南非洲（主要是肯尼亚和罗得西亚）的白人定居者如何协商和调整建议文献中高度规范的身体管理建议。它考虑了三方面的建议：着装、“卫生隔离”、和“道德”问题（包括饮酒、性行为、个人卫生和心理健康）。它认为，定居者并没有简单地复制专业建议，尽管受到推荐的卫生措施的影响，他们以更加动态和可变的方式管理自己的身体，调整建议以产生个性化的身体管理制度。