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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 The case of the ‘Cult of the Clitoris’: treachery, patriotism and English womanhood

2 Butterfly women, ‘Chinamen’, dope fiends and metropolitan allure

3 The tribulations of Edith Thompson: sexual incitement as a capital crime

4 Mme Fahmy’s vindication: Orientalism, miscegenation fears and female fantasy

5 ‘Hunnish scenes’ and a ‘Virgin birth’: the contested marriage and motherhood of a curious modern woman

AFTERLIVES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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