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"“Through rich ethnography Asman brings us into the world of gendered migration in South Asia with all of its nuances and complexities. A book that challenges received notions of ‘home’ and ‘away’, embodiment, victimhood, and agency, Asman pulls no punches in this critical read that is a much needed intervention in our oversimplified conversations about trafficking, labor, and migration.” -- Pardis Mahdavi, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver ""An important and rich account of Tamang women's experience of sex work: drawing upon 10 years of extraordinary fieldwork—in Maoist-controlled villages in central Nepal and in Mumbai’s red-light district—Åsman focuses on the agency of Tamang women who have gone to work in those brothels and their efforts to remain connected to, to provide support for, and to return to their Nepal homes. Åsman's is a much-needed, in-depth, empathetic, and non-judgmental study which challenges and refines the usual contemporary I/NGO 'rescue' narrative of women universally 'victimized' by 'sex-trafficking'."" - Kathryn March, Cornell University -- Kathryn March, Cornell University"

Through rich ethnography Asman brings us into the world of gendered migration in South Asia with all of its nuances and complexities. A book that challenges received notions of `home' and `away', embodiment, victimhood, and agency, Asman pulls no punches in this critical read that is a much needed intervention in our oversimplified conversations about trafficking, labor, and migration. -- Pardis Mahdavi, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver An important and rich account of Tamang women's experience of sex work: drawing upon 10 years of extraordinary fieldwork-in Maoist-controlled villages in central Nepal and in Mumbai's red-light district-Asman focuses on the agency of Tamang women who have gone to work in those brothels and their efforts to remain connected to, to provide support for, and to return to their Nepal homes. Asman's is a much-needed, in-depth, empathetic, and non-judgmental study which challenges and refines the usual contemporary I/NGO 'rescue' narrative of women universally 'victimized' by 'sex-trafficking'. - Kathryn March, Cornell University -- Kathryn March, Cornell University

Through rich ethnography Asman brings us into the world of gendered migration in South Asia with all of its nuances and complexities. A book that challenges received notions of 'home' and 'away', embodiment, victimhood, and agency, Asman pulls no punches in this critical read that is a much needed intervention in our oversimplified conversations about trafficking, labor, and migration. --Pardis Mahdavi, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Through rich ethnography Asman brings us into the world of gendered migration in South Asia with all of its nuances and complexities. A book that challenges received notions of `home' and `away', embodiment, victimhood, and agency, Asman pulls no punches in this critical read that is a much needed intervention in our oversimplified conversations about trafficking, labor, and migration. -- Pardis Mahdavi, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

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Susanne Åsman is postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the School of Global Studies at Gothenburg University and guest researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University and affiliated with the Department of International Relations at Tribhuwan University.

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