Dangerous Outcast The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal - The India List

Sumanta Banerjee

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Publisher's Synopsis

Dangerous Outcast traces prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times through the arrival of the British, examining how the profession was reordered to suit British desires. Drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee also makes impressive use of both standard archival records and a surprisingly substantial body of writing by prostitutes themselves, including voices often cast out of the historical record.

Book information

ISBN:	9780857426154
Publisher:	Seagull Books
Imprint:	Seagull Books
Pub date:	17 Sep 2019
DEWEY:	306.7409541409034
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	348g
Height:	151mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	13mm