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04 Aug / The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan’s Ancient Pleasure District by Louise Brown [in AsianWeek]

Dancing Girls of LahoreBreathtaking, heartbreaking account of the women trapped for generations in Pakistan’s pleasure quarter – once beloved, artistically gifted courtesans now reduced to devastating prostitution.

Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, August 4, 2005

Readers: Adult

Published: 2005

By Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian Tags > AsianWeek, BookDragon, Dancing Girls of Lahore, Gender inequity, Haves vs. have-nots, Historical, Louise Brown, Mother/daughter relationship, Sociology
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