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
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Prostitution-India. Patriarchy-India Prostitutes -- India -- Social conditions. Berias -- India -- Economic conditions.