New revanchism and the urban undesirables

Street-based sex workers of Bangalore

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ID12580031
AuthorsP Neethi (0000-0002-0553-8040, corresponding author), Neethi P
Year2020
Volume24
Issue5-6
Pages759-777
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-4813 • E-ISSN: 1470-3629
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13604813.2020.1833540
OpenAlexW3096277136
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited40

This paper addresses the experience of revanchist urban transition among street-based sex workers—male, female and transgender individuals—in Bangalore city in India, over the last two decades. While analysing this, this study lays out the everyday struggles of this section of informal workers, against revanchist forces that further perpetuate their marginalised status. To capture these experiences, oral narratives from nearly five dozen sex workers were collected over nearly eighteen months of fieldwork, as well as from half a dozen organisations supporting them. This was further complemented by longitudinal archival information, elicited from reports published in Bangalore editions of newspapers over the period 1998–2018, from the archival collection housed by the organisation Sangama. This paper also provides a discussion on the ongoing human rights and citizenship empowering initiatives among this section of workers, by identifying the role of various individuals, organisations and movements in this regard. The paper then concludes by highlighting the vital need to improve the inclusiveness of these informal workers in urban life and urban transition, not only by law enforcement but also in public consciousness

Citizenship · Dozen · Economic growth · Law enforcement · Media studies · Narrative · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Administration · Sex work and related issues · Urban Planning and Governance

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