Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal [Paperback]

Dangerous Outcasttraces prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times through the arrival of the British, examining how the profession was reordered to suit British desires. Drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee also makes impressive use of both standard archival records and a surprisingly substantial body of writing by prostitutes themselves, including voices often cast out of the historical record.

Sumanta Banerjeeis a cultural historian who specializes in research into popular culture, particularly of the British colonial period.