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.