About this episode

This episode explores the treatment of sex workers in colonial India and the Victorian perspective on Indian sexuality.

When the British Empire colonised India, how did it treat their different ideas about sex? How did they treat sex workers like the Devadasi, meaning 'slave of God'? And did the Victorians fetishise Indian sexuality? Joining Kate today is the magnificent Anjali Arondekar, Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California, and author of For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India . This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Kate

Guest: Anjali Arondekar

Topics covered

• Colonial India
• Sex Work
• Victorian Era
• Devadasi
• Sexuality
• Feminist Studies

Keywords

• sex work
• colonial India
• Devadasi
• Victorian sexuality
• feminist studies
• Anjali Arondekar
• History Hit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of California, History Hit, Acast

Books & works: For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India

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