Codes of misconduct : regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay / Ashwini Tambe.
Tambe, Ashwini.
KNS4224 .T36 2009 (Mapit)
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Author Tambe, Ashwini.
Title Codes of misconduct : regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay / Ashwini Tambe.
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2009
Description xxvii, 179 pages : map ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: prostitution and the law in Bombay
The colonial state, law, and sexuality
A failed experiment? The Contagious Diseases Acts in Bombay
Racial stratification and the discourse of trafficking
Akootai's death: subaltern Indian brothel workers
Abolition and nationalism
Conclusion: the failed promise of laws: contemporary reflections.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location STA
Call Number KNS4224 .T36 2009
Language English
ISBN 9780816651375 hardcover alkaline paper
081665137X hardcover alkaline paper
9780816651382 paperback alkaline paper
0816651388 paperback alkaline paper
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