![]() ![]() ![]() Beautiful Thing is, quite simply, one of the finest books on Bombay ever written. “Useless to describe the pathos and singular power of this book. Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombays Dance Bars ISBN. She manages to evoke shock, rage and laughter…this book is a moving testament to the girls like. Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombays Dance Bars. “A gripping and intimate portrayal of the lives of the women who work in that industry. Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombays Dance Bars de Faleiro, Sonia en - ISBN 10: 0857861697 - ISBN 13: 9780857861696 - Canongate Books Ltd - 2011 - Tapa blanda. ![]() But its most outstanding quality to my eye is the window it offers on the widespread sexual repression that exists in India today, and the murky middle-class morality that rules it … The real triumph of Beautiful Thing is how Faleiro dismantles the grand tradition of marriage in India, exposing it for what it is - a form of slavery for a large percentage of women who are bound to their husbands for food and the roofs over their heads, but rarely ever for love.” “A riveting exposé … For a book that’s so short, Faleiro manages to pack a lot in: pimps, gangsters, transvestites, cops and madams. 225 pages 21 cm Offers first-hand insight into Bombay's sex industry and traces the author's experiences with a charismatic teenage exotic dancer whose independence was challenged by an ambitious politician's campaign of false morality New Delhi : Hamish Hamilton, 2010 pt. ![]()
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