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Routledge Chaste Wives and Prostitute Sisters - Bedias Anthropology Study

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This anthropological study examines the complex intersection of prostitution and patriarchy among the Bedias, a marginalised de-notified community in north India. The book provides the first detailed account of how systematic familial prostitution shapes kinship structures and marriage practices within this community. It explores the stark division between sisters and daughters engaged in prostitution and wives and daughters-in-law who remain outside the practice, revealing how these social roles intersect with patriarchal norms. Published by Routledge, this work offers critical insights into how an extremely marginalised group navigates familial obligations, social status and gender roles whilst operating under severe economic and social constraints. The study challenges conventional understandings of prostitution and patriarchy by examining them through the lens of a specific community's lived experiences and structural realities.

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The book examines the Bedias, a de-notified community in north India, through detailed anthropological fieldwork and analysis.

Explores the separation between sisters and daughters who engage in prostitution and wives and daughters-in-law who do not within Bedia families.

Provides the first comprehensive account of how familial prostitution systematically affects kinship structures and marriage practices.

Published by Routledge India, offering academic rigour and peer-reviewed scholarship on marginalised communities.

Examines the intersection of patriarchy and prostitution within a specific cultural and historical context.

Addresses how economic marginalisation and social status shape gender roles and family obligations among the Bedias.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
01 April 2007
Listed Since
13 February 2007

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