Based on ethnographic work with Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee
in Sonagachi, the iconic red-light district in Kolkata,
Prophylactic Rights examines the emergence of labour rights at the
intersection of HIV/AIDS and anti-trafficking. The primary
disciplinary contribution of this book lies in bridging medical and
legal anthropology through a corporeal understanding of sex work
rights. It addresses the following questions: How does the labour
rights narrative emerge through everyday negotiations with an
epidemic and the law and what congeries of history, public health
policies, legal regimes, and techniques of subjection and
subversion impede and impel the labour movement? The book will fill
a gap in existing research by investigating what it means to be a
sex worker in Sonagachi struggling for labour rights based on their
lived experiences and bring focus to their struggles for rights and
acknowledgement as equal members of society.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Simanti Dasgupta
|
| Pages: |
300 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-923550-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-00-923550-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781009235501 |
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