Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Prostitution as ‘Tradition’ 2. The Making of a Bedia Prostitute 3. Bedia Women and ‘Love Marriage’ 4. Prostitution as Family Economy 5. Prostitution and the Indolence of Bedia Men 6. Prostitution and the Marriage Economy 7. The Morality of the Bedia Economy. Conclusion: Patriarchy at the Margins

About the Author

Anuja Agrawal is Reader at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. As a commonwealth scholar for the years 2000-01, she was visiting research scholar at the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests have focused on issues of gender identity, marginality and ideologies. She has published several articles in referred journals and is the editor of the book, Migrant Women and Work.