The erotics of corruption : law, scandal, and political perversion /
Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975-
The erotics of corruption : law, scandal, and political perversion / Ruth A. Miller. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xxv, 214 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.
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.
9781435658547 (electronic bk.) 143565854X (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Corruption (Politique)
Morale sexuelle.
TRUE CRIME--General.
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Electronic books.
JF1081 / .M56 2008eb
364.1/323
The erotics of corruption : law, scandal, and political perversion / Ruth A. Miller. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xxv, 214 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.
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.
9781435658547 (electronic bk.) 143565854X (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Corruption (Politique)
Morale sexuelle.
TRUE CRIME--General.
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Electronic books.
JF1081 / .M56 2008eb
364.1/323