TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tambe,Ashwini
TI  - Codes of misconduct : regulating prostitution in late colonial Bombay 
SN  - 9788189884420
U1  - 306.740954792 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Zubaan
KW  - Prostitution
KW  - India
KW  - Bombay
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - 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
ER  -