Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242).
Contents:
Contextualizing the bar girl -- Dance bar in the City of Dreams -- City of opportunity: the barline for bar girls -- Cultural politics of the ban -- Legal response -- Ban & its effects.
Summary:
On August 16, 2005, the Maharashtra government summarily banned dancing by bar girls in Mumbai's 1,250 dance bars. The amended Bombay Police Act prohibited dancing in any establishment where alcohol was served. However,the prohibition was selective: five star hotels, clubs and upscale discothèques were exempt. This monograph introduces the concept of caste capital to examine the ban, its opposition and the arguments for and against the ban.
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