Prophylactic Rights - Sex Work, Hiv/aids, and Anti-Trafficking in India

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.

Product details

• Authors: Simanti Dasgupta, Simanti (University of Dayton Dasgupta, Dasgupta Simanti
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009235501
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0923550-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, India, LAW / Gender & the Law, Kolkata, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Sociology: work and labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Law and society, gender issues, For higher / tertiary / university education, Relating to lower socioeconomic groups / status