The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District
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Book Overview An unforgettable and compassionate look at the lives of the residents of Lahore's pleasure districtThe Dancing Girls of Lahore inhabit th...
An unforgettable and compassionate look at the lives of the residents of Lahore's pleasure district
The Dancing Girls of Lahore inhabit the Diamond District in the shadow of a great mosque. The 21st century goes on outside the walls, this ancient quarter, but scarcely registers within. Though their trade can be described with accuracy as prostitution, the dancing girls have an illustrious history: beloved by sultans, their sophisticated art encompassed the best of Mughal culture. The modern day Bollywood aesthetic, with its love of gaudy spectacle, music, and dance, is their distant legacy. But the life of the pampered courtesan is not the one now being lived by Maha and her three girls. What they do is forbidden by Islam, though tolerated; but they are, unclean, and Maha's daughters, like her, are born into the business and will not leave it.
Sociologist Louise Brown spent four years in the most intimate study of the family life of one Lahori courtesan. Beautifully understated, it turns a novelist's eye on a true story that beggars the imagination. Maha, at fourteen a classically trained dancer of exquisite grace, had her virginity sold to the Sultan of Dubai; when her own daughter Nena comes of age and Maha cannot bring in the money she once did, she faces a terrible decision as the agents of the Sultan come calling once more.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 336 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0060740434
FormatPaperback
Pages336
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060740434
EAN9780060740436
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2013-12-13
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.63 Pounds
Length7.96 Inches
Width6.02 Inches
Height0.81 Inches
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