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.