Ms Prabha Kotiswaran
BA LLB (NLSIU, Bangalore, India) LLM SJD (Harvard)
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Feminist Legal Theory, Law and Society, Law and Social Movements, Criminal LawExpertise
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Authored Books
Kotiswaran, Prabha Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labour and Other Stories of the Lumpen Proletariat: Rethinking the Regulation of Sex Work. Under contract with Princeton University Press. (Submitted)
Edited Books
Kotiswaran, Prabha, ed. (2008) Reader on Sex Work. Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism. Women Unlimited (previously Kali for Women). (Submitted)
Chapters in Books
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2007) 'Wives and Whores: Prospects for a Feminist Theory of Redistribution.' In: Stychin, Carl F. and Munro, Vanessa E., (eds.), Sexuality and the Law: Feminist Engagements. Oxon, New York: Routledge-Cavendish.
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2007) 'Wives and Whores: The Regulation of the Economies in Sexual Labour.' In: Parashar, Archana and Dhanda, Amita, (eds.), Redefining Family Law in India Essays in Honour of B. Sivaramayya. New Delhi: Routledge India.
Articles
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2010) 'Labours in Vice or Virtue? Neo-Liberalism, Sexual Commerce and the Case of Indian Bar Dancing.' Journal of Law and Society, 37 (1). pp. 105-124.
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2008) 'Born Unto Brothels: Toward A Legal Ethnography of Sex Work in an Indian Red-Light Area.' Law & Social Inquiry, 33 (3). pp. 579-629.
Kotiswaran, Prabha and Halley, Janet and Shamir, Hila and Thomas, Chantal (2006) 'From the International to the Local in Feminist Legal Responses to Rape, Prostitution/Sex Work, and Sex Trafficking: Four Studies in Contemporary Governance Feminism.' Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, 29 (2).
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2001) 'Preparing for Civil Disobedience: Indian Sex Workers and the Law.' Boston College Third World Law Journal, 21 (2). pp. 161-242.
Book Reviews
Kotiswaran, Prabha (2007) Book Review of Janet Halley’s Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism. Feminist Legal Studies, 15 (3). pp. 361-365.
