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Thie books investigates controversies surrounding prostitution, homosexuality and the age of consent in the British Empire, and draws conclusions about the importance of sex as a nexus of imperial power relations. It will be of particular interest to academics and students in Geography, History, Postcolonial Criticism and Gender/Sexuality Studies. -- .

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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Mapping the tyranny
1. Spreading political knowledge: English newspapers, correspondents, travellers
2. Provincialising European sexuality politics: the age of consent in India
3. Colonial departures: Australian activists on the age of consent and prostitution
4. Heterogeneous imperialism: deciding against regulation in West Africa
5. Generative margins: introducing a stronger form of regulation in Bombay
6. Drawing distinctions: Richard Burton’s interventions on sex between men
7. Experimental and creative places: Creole interventions in Sierra Leone
Conclusion: Fields of understanding and political action
References

Sex Politics and Empire

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 2/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780719070068
      978-0719070068
      ISBN-10 0719070066

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thie books investigates controversies surrounding prostitution, homosexuality and the age of consent in the British Empire, and draws conclusions about the importance of sex as a nexus of imperial power relations. It will be of particular interest to academics and students in Geography, History, Postcolonial Criticism and Gender/Sexuality Studies. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Introduction: Mapping the tyranny
      1. Spreading political knowledge: English newspapers, correspondents, travellers
      2. Provincialising European sexuality politics: the age of consent in India
      3. Colonial departures: Australian activists on the age of consent and prostitution
      4. Heterogeneous imperialism: deciding against regulation in West Africa
      5. Generative margins: introducing a stronger form of regulation in Bombay
      6. Drawing distinctions: Richard Burton’s interventions on sex between men
      7. Experimental and creative places: Creole interventions in Sierra Leone
      Conclusion: Fields of understanding and political action
      References

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