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This 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, Pos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Richard, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Edición:MSI edition.
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Temas:
Sexual ethics > Great Britain > Colonies.
Morale sexuelle > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
Colonialism & Imperialism.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Colonialism & imperialism > European history > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Great Britain
Electronic books
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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