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Chaste wives and prostitute sisters:

Agrawal, Anuja

Chaste wives and prostitute sisters: patriarchy and prostitution among the Bedias of India / Ajuja Agrawal - New Delhi: Routledge, 2008. - xii, 251 p.

1. Prostitution as "Tradition" --
2. The Making of a Bedia Prostitute --
3. Bedia Women and "Love Marriage" --
4. Prostitution as Family Economy --
5. Prostitution and the Indolence of Bedia Men --
6. Prostitution and the Marriage Economy --
7. The Morality of the Bedia Economy --
Conclusion : Patriarchy and Prostitution

ISBN: 9780415430777

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prostitution-India.
Patriarchy-India
Prostitutes -- India -- Social conditions.
Berias -- India -- Economic conditions.

Dewey Class. No.: 306.740954 / AGR-C

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