{"product_id":"sex-politics-and-empire-9780719070068","title":"Sex Politics and Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThie 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. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Mapping the tyranny\u003cbr\u003e1. Spreading political knowledge: English newspapers, correspondents, travellers\u003cbr\u003e2. Provincialising European sexuality politics: the age of consent in India\u003cbr\u003e3. Colonial departures: Australian activists on the age of consent and prostitution \u003cbr\u003e4. Heterogeneous imperialism: deciding against regulation in West Africa\u003cbr\u003e5. Generative margins: introducing a stronger form of regulation in Bombay \u003cbr\u003e6. Drawing distinctions: Richard Burton’s interventions on sex between men \u003cbr\u003e7.  Experimental and creative places: Creole interventions in Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Fields of understanding and political action\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037301080407,"sku":"9780719070068","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719070068.jpg?v=1750935237","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sex-politics-and-empire-9780719070068","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}