The erotics of corruption [[electronic resource] ] : law, scandal, and political perversion / / Ruth A. Miller
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| Autore: |
Miller Ruth Austin <1975->
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| Titolo: |
The erotics of corruption [[electronic resource] ] : law, scandal, and political perversion / / Ruth A. Miller
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/323 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political corruption |
| Sexual ethics | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-208) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Corruption, democracy, and the colony -- A vocabulary of corruption -- Theoretical framework -- An overview -- Conclusion -- Political corruption as sexual deviance : a literature review -- The body politic -- The developing state and its infantile transgression -- Striptease : political transparency and self-regarding behavior -- Incest, cannibalism, and corporate responsibility -- Conclusion -- Celebrating the corrupt leader -- Pornography and testimony -- Getting to know Abdul and Saddam -- Developing state, developing star -- Body doubles and doubled bodies -- Confession -- Conclusion -- Condemning the corrupt system -- Biopolitical space and totalitarian space -- Salo : the 120 days of Sodom -- Bandits and bureaucrats -- The portable torture nation -- Bribery, nepotism, and decay -- Dehumanizing bureaucracies -- Conclusion -- Conclusion. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The erotics of corruption |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-7820-3 |
| 1-4356-5854-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782153503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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