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Title: The Badi: Prostitution as a Social Norm among an Untouchable Caste of West Nepal
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Thomas Cox
One Sentence Summary: The article focuses on Badi prostitution and its practice in Nepal, along with its social, economic, historical, and cultural dimensions.

Description: The article focuses on Badi prostitution and its practice in Nepal, along with its social, economic, historical, and cultural dimensions. The article is based on in-depth interviews conducted with over forty Badi men and women in the districts of Bardiya, Banke, and Dang-Deukhuri between 1990 and 1992. The article begins with an introduction to the Badi. In Nepalese society, the Badi belong to an untouchable Hindu caste with a total population of about 7,000 who inhabit Salyan, Rolpa, Rukum, Dailekh, Seti, Jajarkot, Dang-Deukhuri, Banke, and Bardiya districts of west Nepal. The article gives a brief history of the origin of Badi prostitution. It discusses the socialization and day to day practice of Badi prostitution along with the economics of prostitution. It includes case studies as well. The article analyzes the relationships between Badi women and high caste and low caste men. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-18)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1992-01
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_19_01_04.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1992) Vol. 19, no. 1
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: D. P. Bhandari
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 19
Source Number: 1
Source Page Numbers: 51-71
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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