CONTENTS

1. List of Illustrations
2. Acknowledgments
3. The Actors
4. Introduction
5. PART ONE: THE WORLD OF THE AFFAIR
   1. 1. The Elusive Origins of a Colonial Scandal
   2. 2. Kinship as Politics
6. PART TWO: THE UNFOLDING OF THE AFFAIR
   1. 3. The Denial of Language
   2. 4. Conflict at Court
7. PART THREE: THE AFTERLIVES OF THE AFFAIR
   1. 5. Between Paris and Pondichéry
   2. 6. Archiving the Affair
8. Epilogue
9. Notes
10. Index