9789385606243
Women Unlimited 2019
Language: English
242 Pages
Price INR 595.0 Not Available
Book Club Price INR 476.0 USD
9789385606243
Women Unlimited 2019
Language: English
242 Pages
Price INR 595.0 Not Available
Book Club Price INR 476.0 USD
On August 16, 2005, the Maharashtra government summarily banned dancing by bar girls in Mumbai’s 1,250 dance bars. The amended Bombay Police Act prohibited dancing in any establishment where alcohol was served, but the prohibition was selective: five star hotels, clubs and upscale discothèques were exempt. Overnight, more than 75,000 women were rendered jobless. Thousands were left without a livelihood; many hundreds were forced into sex work or prostitution; and several more returned to their villages as their incomes dried up. Sameena Dalwai argues that three critical factors were responsible for the ban coming into being when it did: globalisation, and the market opening up to new entertainment and new money; moral panic in society and among the middle class; and caste governance, that sought to reinforce its hold by outlawing predominantly low caste bar girls, who were now enhancing their caste status by using their traditional skills as dancers, to their advantage. This monograph introduces the radical concept of caste capital to examine the process that led to the ban, the opposition to it, and the legal arguments for and against it.
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