Visual Currencies: Documenting India's Red-Light Districts.
The article discusses video documentaries of life in India's red-light districts. Particular focus is given to the multichannel video installations "A Kiss Is Not a Kiss" and "The Hijras" by artist Elahe Massumi and the documentary film "Born Into Brothels" directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman....
| Publicado en: | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 109 - 133 |
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University of Chicago Press
Autumn2011
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