The Dancing Girls of Lahore : Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Ancient Pleasure District by Brown, Louise

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fourth Estate/Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A great journalist takes readers places they've never been before, while a great writer makes them feel as though they're really there. Brown qualifies on both counts, as evidenced by her groundbreaking foray into the lives of the women of Heera Mandi, a red-light district in Lahore, Pakistan. An academic researcher who has studied prostitution globally, Brown spent four years gathering materials for THE DANCING GIRLS OF LAHORE , and informs readers that this red-light district dates from ancient times, when courtesans would vie for the hearts of sultans and emperors. The older women like to remember themselves as artists. "Their skills had nothing to do with sex -- except, perhaps, sometimes." But today Heera Mandi is a run-down, congested, dangerous ghetto where women are born into the profession with scant hope of escaping. Brown's… Read More

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