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Prostitution and beyond : an analysis of sex workers in India /

What is the diversity of perspectives on sex work in India today? This edited. volume addresses this question through its sections on feminist discourse, ethnographic. studies, socio-economic-legal-health frameworks and cultural reflections. The first section explores the space for women in prostitu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sahni, Rohini, 1956-, Shankar, V. Kalyan, 1980-, Apte, Hemant, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles, CA : SAGE, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a What is the diversity of perspectives on sex work in India today? This edited. volume addresses this question through its sections on feminist discourse, ethnographic. studies, socio-economic-legal-health frameworks and cultural reflections. The first section explores the space for women in prostitution within mainstream. feminist discourse in India, and the way it has evolved over time. The second. section emphasizes on the heterogeneity of sex work practices with their historical. vestiges, contemporary manifestations and urban-rural contrasts. The third section. examines the interface of so. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Immorality, hurt or choice; Women's movements in India; Elusive choice and agency; Different issues/different voices; Ritualized prostitution; Ethnographic study of community-based sex work among Nats; Male sex work (MSW); Ethnographic profi le of female sex workers of Dharwad, Karnataka; The invisibles; Markets, histories and grass-root evidences; Surfacing voices from the underground; The legal framework of prostitution in India; Legal interpretations of prostitution; (Mis)reading through the lines; Ground realities of the legal framework. 
505 8 |a Contesting legal positions on prostitution from a human rights perspectiveFemale sex workers and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India; In the interest of business and health; There is more to health than AIDS; The veshya ̄, the ganika and the tawaif; What does a language have to say?; Modern theatre as epitome of middle class civilized culture; Producing the spectacle of Kamathipura; About the Editors and Contributors; Index. 
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