An intimate and imperial feminism: Meliscent Shephard and the regulation of prostitution in colonial India

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-94

  Legg, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; FEMINISM; GENDER RELATIONS; NATIONALISM; PROSTITUTION; RACISM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TYPOLOGY; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 77950346260     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d10507     Document Type: Article

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