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- ISBN: 9780415549158 | 0415549159
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/28/2010
This book offers a ground-breaking analysis by looking at the experiences of sex workers in India. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this book describes the lives of sex workers, drawing out themes of agency; notions of gender and sexuality; and women's engagement with the HIV 'industry'. The analysis provides a novel critique of the medicalised focus of HIV prevention and suggests alternative discourses on women's sexuality, sexual behaviour and desire.