Codes of misconduct regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Zubaan 2009Description: xxvii,179p. map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9788189884420
- 22 TA-C 306.740954792
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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