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Tambe Ashwini

Codes of misconduct : Regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay - New Delhi Zubaan 2009 - 179p xi

Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction:
Prostitution and the Law in Bombay;
1. The Colonial State, Law, and Sexuality;
2. A Failed Experiment? The Contagious Diseases Acts in Bombay;
3. Racial Stratification and the Discourse of Trafficking;
4. Akootai's Death: Subaltern Indian Brothel Workers;
5. Abolition and Nationalism;
Conclusion. The Failed Promise of Laws: Contemporary Reflections;
Acknowledgments;
Chronology of Laws Relevant to Prostitution in Bombay;
Notes;
Bibliography;
Index

ISBN: 9780816667956

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Prostitution - India - Bombay - History - 19th Century - 20th Century

Dewey Class. No.: 306.740000 / TAM