Bombay Going: Nepali Migrant Sex Workers in an Anti-Trafficking Era

Susanne Åsman

doi:10.5771/9781498558556

Summary

Susanne Åsman's compelling ethnographic account examines migration for sex work in the Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal. Åsman explores how this migration, known as "Bombay Going," is understood by the locals. With a focus on agency, Åsman investigates how the migrants carve out a space for themselves and create relatedness in the spaces in between, from their homes in rural Nepal to the brothels of Mumbai. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of sex trafficking, gender, migration, or the global south.

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-5854-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-5855-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 221
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 30
1 Remembrance (and Forgetting) of Changes in Women’s Migration for Sex Work No access Pages 31 - 62
2 The House No access Pages 63 - 100
3 The Red Light District No access Pages 101 - 142
4 Return No access Pages 143 - 184
Conclusion No access Pages 185 - 202
References No access Pages 203 - 214
Index No access Pages 215 - 220
About the Author No access Pages 221 - 221