Gender and Sexuality in India: Selling Sex in Chennai

By Salla Sariola

Book Overview

This book offers a detailed analysis of the experiences of sex workers in India. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the book describes the lives of sex workers, drawing out themes of agency; notions of gender and sexuality; and women's engagement with the HIV 'industry'. The analysis provides a novel critique of the medicalised focus of HIV prevention and suggests alternative discourses on women's sexuality, sexual behaviour and desire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415533562
• ISBN13: 9780415533560
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"