Intimate City: by Manjima Bhattacharjya, New Delhi: Zubaan Publishers, 2021, Rs. 495 (pbk) 240 pp., ISBN: 978 93 90514 31 1.

The author deftly shows how sex work has transformed over the years by connecting it to the historicisation of sex work discussed in Section Two: 'the message is that the client is the new age nawab and she is the new age courtesan'. Over the years, considerable knowledge has been produced in the di...

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Publicado en:Gender & Development Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 304 - 306
Autor principal: Jairath, Anushree
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2023
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