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Codes of Misconduct : Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay.
Against the backdrop of the industrial growth of Bombay, Codes of Misconduct examines the relationship between lawmaking, law enforcement, and sexual commerce. Ashwini Tambe challenges linear readings of how laws create effects and demonstrates that the regulation and criminalization of prostitution...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi:
Zubaan,
c2009
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| Online Access: | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/anu/detail.action?docID=471778 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Prostitution and the Law in Bombay
- 1. The Colonial State, Law, and Sexuality
- 2. A Failed Experiment? The Contagious Diseases Acts in Bombay
- 3. Racial Stratification and the Discourse of Trafficking
- 4. Akootai's Death: Subaltern Indian Brothel Workers
- 5. Abolition and Nationalism
- Conclusion. The Failed Promise of Laws: Contemporary Reflections
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Laws Relevant to Prostitution in Bombay
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.