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Codes of misconduct : Regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay

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Publication details: New Delhi Zubaan 2009Description: 179p xiISBN:
  • 9780816667956
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.740000 TAM
Contents:
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
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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