04487nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-82975-8 DE-He213 20251030114949.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250301s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031829758 978-3-031-82975-8 10.1007/978-3-031-82975-8 doi HQ12-449 JFSJ bicssc SOC032000 bisacsh JBSF thema Sinha, Sunny. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90996 Risk, Stigma, Agency [electronic resource] : Life Histories of Women Involved in Sex Work in Kolkata, India / by Sunny Sinha. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 193 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies, 2731-3778 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Reflexive Account of Researching Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Kolkata -- Chapter 3: Trupti’s Life Story: “I Never Thought I Would Become a Widow” -- Chapter 4: Geetanjali’s Life Story: “Everybody Made Me a ‘Bad’ Girl” -- Chapter 5: Srishti’s Life Story: “I Felt Like I was Dying Every Day, but I’m Still Living!” -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. “Cisgender women in sex work in Kolkata are branded as marginalized and spoken about through the words of other people. In her timely and very significant book, Dr. Sunny Sinha does the opposite. With ethnographic precision and theoretical sophistication, she weaves their words and her data from years of intense fieldwork into a powerful story about the infinitely complex intersections of risk, stigma, agency in the lives of women who can speak for themselves.” —Treena Orchard, Associate Professor and Faculty Scholar, Western University’s School of Health Studies, Canada “Sunny Sinha does a brilliant job in presenting the voices and agentic strategies of these women in the context of the challenges they faced in both their work and personal lives.” —Ronald Weitzer, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, George Washington University, USA This book centers the life histories of three women engaged in sex work in Kolkata, India to show how they make sense of their lived experiences and the risks they face in their current social environment. Whereas much of the risk discourse surrounding sex work in India comes from academics, social and health workers, epidemiologists, and policymakers, this book foregrounds the lives and voices of the women themselves to provide a richly nuanced picture of the diverse and complex realities that shape women’s lives and the different interrelated vulnerabilities many sex workers face, such as poverty, familial violence, child marriage, marital rape, stigma, and health risks. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in social work, anthropology and sociology, women’s studies, public health, and criminal justice, as well as non-academic professionals who address issues of violence against women, human trafficking, or health risks in sex work. Sunny Sinha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Appalachian State University, USA. For nearly two decades, Dr. Sinha has conducted research among women residing in brothels, women indirectly employed in sex work via informal jobs, transgender sex workers, and clients of sex workers. Sex. 66477 Women History. 68068 Criminology. 58246 Gender Studies. 66478 Women's History / History of Gender. 68069 Asian Criminology. 68459 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031829741 Printed edition: 9783031829765 Printed edition: 9783031829772 Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies, 2731-3778 86081 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82975-8 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 66815 66815