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Sumanta Banerjee

Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

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Dangerous Outcast explores prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times to the British arrival, using nineteenth-century popular and folk culture and archival records to highlight the voices of prostitutes often excluded from the historical record.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 15 January 2019
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Dangerous Outcast delves into the history of prostitution in Bengal, spanning from precolonial times to the arrival of the British, exploring how the profession was reorganized to align with British desires. By drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee makes remarkable use of both standard archival records and a substantial collection of writings by prostitutes themselves, including voices often excluded from historical narratives.

Dangerous Outcast delves into the history of prostitution in Bengal, spanning from precolonial times to the arrival of the British, exploring how the profession was reorganized to align with British desires. By drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee makes remarkable use of both standard archival records and a substantial collection of writings by prostitutes themselves, including voices often excluded from historical narratives.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857426154

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