Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work: Lived Experience and Resilience in a Bangladeshi Brothel

ISBN-13: 9780367359355 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 150 str.

Habiba Sultana

Opis

This book explores sex work in Asia, documenting the lived experiences of sex workers in Bangladesh, considering the complex realities of their day-to-day lives and the ways they negotiate their working conditions and relationships. It contributes to feminist scholarship on sex work, by offering a much needed southern perspective.

O autorze

Habiba Sultana is Associate Professor at Jagannath University, Bangladesh, where she has been teaching since 2009. Her research focuses on sex work, HIV, AIDS, Sustainable Development, Injecting Drug Use, Caste, Social Stratification and Globalization. Sultana holds a PhD from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia and a Master in Public Policy degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She has published articles on the subject of sex work, HIV and caste system in Bangladesh.