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Codes of misconduct regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Zubaan 2009Description: xxvii,179p. map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9788189884420
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 TA-C 306.740954792
Contents:
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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Print Print OPJGU Sonepat- Campus General Books Main Library 306.740954792 TA-C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 125161

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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