Tambe, Ashwini.

Codes of misconduct : regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay / Ashwini Tambe. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Zubaan, 2009. - xxvii, 179 p. : map ; 23 cm.

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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