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Guilty without trial : women in the sex trade in Calcutta / Carolyn Sleightholme and Indrani Sinha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sleightholme, Carolyn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitutes--India--Kolkata--Social conditions.
- Prostitutes.
- India--Kolkata.
- Social conditions.
- Prostitution--India--Kolkata.
- Prostitution.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 163 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Carolyn Sleightholme and Indrani Sinha write with rare perception and sensistivity about the lives of sex workers in Calcutta who have shared their stories with them. Through interviews, surveys, and case studies, they interrogate the double standards of sexual morality that govern the lucrative sex trade in India.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Calcutta : STREE, 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-158) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081352380X
- 0813523818
- OCLC:
- 35750518
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