Producing the spectacle of kamathipura: The politics of red light visibility in Mumbai

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-292

  Shah, Svati ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Mumbai; Prostitution; Sex work; Spectacle

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENDER ISSUE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; PROSTITUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845266436     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374006071615     Document Type: Article

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