Dangerous Outcast traces prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times through the arrival of the British, examining how the profession was reordered to suit British desires. Drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee also makes impressive use of both standard archival records and a surprisingly substantial body of writing by prostitutes themselves, including voices often cast out of the historical record.
- ISBN10 085742615X
- ISBN13 9780857426154
- Publish Date 15 January 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780857426154