176 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world. HIV has remained associated with sex work, and large sums of money provided to fund public health interventions have come from global institutions such as UNAIDS, the World Bank and USAID. In the midst of these processes, however, sex workers and their everyday lives have been hidden behind the rhetorics of control and prevention.... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Contextualizing Sex Work in Chennai 3. Women in Sex Work 4. What happened to 2.2 Million People? 5. Negotiating the Problems of Selling Sex 6. Alternative Discourses of Sex and Sexuality 7. Conclusion
Biography
Salla Sariola is a research associate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham. Currently researching international medical research collaboration, bioethics and governance of clinical trials in Sri Lanka, her research interests include anthropology of science and technology, global health, and gender and sexuality.
