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Informationen zum Autor Richard Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Liverpool Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Mapping the tyranny1. Spreading political knowledge: English newspapers, correspondents, travellers2. Provincialising European sexuality politics: the age of consent in India3. Colonial departures: Australian activists on the age of consent and prostitution 4. Heterogeneous imperialism: deciding against regulation in West Africa5. 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 LeoneConclusion: Fields of understanding and political actionReferences
