Svati P. Shah

Svati P. Shah is an associate professor in the department of women's, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her book "Street Corner Secrets: Sex Work and Migration in the City of Mumbai," is an ethnography of sexual commerce and migration among women working in Mumbai's informal sectors. Her current research focuses on queer and trans movements and the politics of class in India.

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