Codes of misconduct
Subtitle: regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay
By: Ashwini Tambe.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816651375; 9780816651382
Subjects: Prostitution -- India -- Bombay -- History -- 19th century; Prostitution -- India -- Bombay -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: prostitution and the law in Bombay; title: The colonial state, law, and sexuality; title: A failed experiment? The contagious diseases acts in Bombay; title: Racial stratification and the discourse of trafficking; title: Akootai's death: subaltern Indian brothel workers; title: Abolition and nationalism; title: Conclusion: the failed promise of laws: contemporary reflections.