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Taboo! : the hidden culture of a red light area / Fouzia Saeed ; foreword by I.A. Rehman.

By: Saeed, Fouzia, 1959-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xxx, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cmISBN: 9780199062799Subject(s): Prostitutes -- Pakistan -- Lahore | Prostitution -- Pakistan -- Lahore | Women -- Pakistan -- Lahore -- Social conditions | Shāhī Maḥallah (Lahore, Pakistan) -- Social life and customs | Lahore (Pakistan) -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 306.7420, SAE LOC classification: HQ240.5 | .S23 2001
Contents:
Shifting the focus (Page-1),Shahi Mohalla during the day and night (Page-8),A Ph.D. girl in the Red Light Area (Page-13),My first contact in the Mohalla (Page-23),An alternate road into the Shahi Mohalla: The musicians (Page-31),The stories begin (Page-39),The unbreakable link of oil and water (Page-54),Meeting the greatest pimp of our times (Page-67),New year's eve (Page-82),Choices (Page-97),Three dancers (Page-107),Pami's family (Page-115),In the baithak (Page-122),The academy of performing arts (Page-132), A visit to the film studios (Page-142), Entangled relationships (Page-150), Meeting Laila's father (Page-159), Laila's real mother (Page-166), More about men(Page-173), Kotha and kothi khanas (Page-181), Laila's marriage (Page-194), Nargis is better off not marrying (Page-199), Shattered dreams (Page-206), Moving into the Mohalla (Page-212), Miti khanian (Page-225), A visit to Pami's house (Page-236), Rat jaga (Page-242), Razia and Soni (Page-248), Down memory lane (Page-253), On her way to becoming a naika (Page-260), The only option for survival (Page-276), Searching for clues (Page-284), The real reasons: Conversation with Chanda and Faiza (Page-299).
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General Stacks 306.7420, SAE (Browse shelf) Available Almirah Fresh No.44, Shelf No.2 MCS38455
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Shifting the focus (Page-1),Shahi Mohalla during the day and night (Page-8),A Ph.D. girl in the Red Light Area (Page-13),My first contact in the Mohalla (Page-23),An alternate road into the Shahi Mohalla: The musicians (Page-31),The stories begin (Page-39),The unbreakable link of oil and water (Page-54),Meeting the greatest pimp of our times (Page-67),New year's eve (Page-82),Choices (Page-97),Three dancers (Page-107),Pami's family (Page-115),In the baithak (Page-122),The academy of performing arts (Page-132), A visit to the film studios (Page-142), Entangled relationships (Page-150), Meeting Laila's father (Page-159), Laila's real mother (Page-166), More about men(Page-173), Kotha and kothi khanas (Page-181), Laila's marriage (Page-194), Nargis is better off not marrying (Page-199), Shattered dreams (Page-206), Moving into the Mohalla (Page-212), Miti khanian (Page-225), A visit to Pami's house (Page-236), Rat jaga (Page-242), Razia and Soni (Page-248), Down memory lane (Page-253), On her way to becoming a naika (Page-260), The only option for survival (Page-276), Searching for clues (Page-284), The real reasons: Conversation with Chanda and Faiza (Page-299).

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