Brothels as families: Reflections on the history of Bombay's kothas

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-242

  Tambe, Ashwini ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombay; Brothels; Domesticity; Family; Kinship; Sex radical theory; Trafficking; Transnational feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247655653     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740600612855     Document Type: Review

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