Courtesans in the Living Room

Author(s):
Ali, K.A.
Published
2005
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

The courtesan has been a stock character in popular South Asian literature and movies. The popular Urdu novel, Umrao Jan Ada, was recently made into a lavish serialized television play in Pakistan. It raises questions about how popular television performances create a space for a discussion on gender politics in a rapidly changing cultural, social, and economic milieu of present-day Pakistan.

Pakistan
Date issued
2005
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Review (2005), Vol. 15, no. 1, p. 32-33
hdl
1887/16965