The Homo Sacer: sex work and the politics of legal abandonment in postcolonial India
Published online on May 20, 2026
Abstract
Race & Class, Ahead of Print.
India’s legal framework for sex work occupies a persistent paradox: sex work itself is not illegal, yet the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (ITPA, 1986) criminalises virtually every activity that sustains it. This article argues that this paradox is not ...
India’s legal framework for sex work occupies a persistent paradox: sex work itself is not illegal, yet the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (ITPA, 1986) criminalises virtually every activity that sustains it. This article argues that this paradox is not ...