Codes of misconduct : regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay / Ashwini Tambe.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Zubaan, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvii, 179 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN: 9788189884420 Subject(s): Geschichte 1812-1948 | Prostitution -- India -- Mumbai -- History -- 19th century | Prostitution -- India -- Mumbai -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 363.440954792
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.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 363.440954792 TAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Acc.No. 1012 | IDS500 |
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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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