Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Sexual Subject: Cartographies of Visibility, Kerala

2. Constituting the Visible: Neology as a Mode of Deploying Language

3. Caste and Sexual Politics: Law and Media as Constitutive Sites

4. The Spaces in-between: The Sex Worker Subject through Autobiographies

5. Epilogue: Differences, Dialogues, Aspirations

About the Author

Carmel Christy is an assistant professor of Journalism at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Besides her expertise in media studies, Carmel is interested in research questions that explore the interconnections among caste, space, body, gender and sexuality. Currently, she is working on a project that analyses the interaction between caste and race in understanding the city of Kochi, Kerala.