Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Sexual Figures of Kerala 1
5. Chapter 1 Tracing the Prostitute: Between Excess and Containment 53
6. Chapter 2 To Claim the Day: The Sex Worker as Subject in the Time of AIDS 89
7. Chapter 3 Wandering in the Vernacular: Divergent Visions of Queerness 126
8. Chapter 4 Living Together, Dying Together: The Politics of Lesbian Hauntings 160
9. Chapter 5 “What You Think Is Fire . . .” Unspooled Movements and Suspended Readings 186
10. Notes 207
11. References 239
12. Index 261