The Dancing Girls of Lahore
by:
Louise Brown (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780060857745 (0060857749)
Publish date: July 5th 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
History,
Cultural,
Culture,
Religion,
Asia,
Sociology,
Womens,
Islam,
Pakistan,
Sex Work,
Prostitution
A beautifully scripted heart wrenching saga on the turbulent life of Maha( a veteran in sex trade) in the illustrious red light area of Heera Mandi /Diamond Market in Lahore, Pakistan. Heera Mandi once famous for its artistic aura of courtesans known purely for their dancing and singing sk...
Louise Brown is a British academic who has spent many years researching prostitution and trafficking of women and girls as sex slaves throughout Asia. Over a period of four years, she made periodic visits to Lahore, Pakistan. During each visit, she spent a month or two living in Heera Mandi, the o...