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Moni Nag (1925 – 7 December 2015) was an Indian anthropologist specialising in the politics of sexuality.

Education and career

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Born in India, Nag earned a master's degree in statistics from the University of Calcutta in 1946 and a PhD in anthropology from Yale University in 1961.[1][2] He started his career in the Indian Statistical Institute[citation needed] and worked on the Anthropological Survey of India before joining the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York in 1966; he was a lecturer and later an adjunct professor and headed the social demography section in the International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction.[1][2] He was also a senior associate in the Population Council in New York[3] and a patron and vice president of the Elmhirst Institute of Community Studies at Santiniketan,[1] and served as chair of the population commission in the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.[2]

Research and publications

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Nag was a pioneer of demographic anthropology.[3] He researched and published in the fields of human sexuality, fertility, family planning, HIV prevention, and sex work, with a focus on India, and both studied and worked for the rights of prostitutes in the Kolkata red-light district of Sonagachi;[1][3][4][5] he was one of several academics working with the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee there.[6]

Selected books

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  • Factors Affecting Human Fertility in Nonindustrial Societies: A Cross-Cultural Study (Yale University, 1962)[7][8][9][10]
  • Population and Social Organization (editor; Mouton, 1975)[11][12][13]
  • Sexual Behaviour and AIDS in India (Vikas, 1996)[14][15]
  • Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life (Allied Publishers, 2006)[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Anthropologist Moni Nag no more". The Times of India. TNN. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Moni Nag, ed. (1975). "Moni Nag". Population and Social Organization. The Hague / Paris: Mouton. p. 353. ISBN 9789027975898.
  3. ^ a b c "Anthro in the news 12/14/2015: in memoriam". Anthropologyworks. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ^ Shalina Mehta; Suninder K. Sodhi (2008). "Target Interventions in Prevention: Lessons to be Learnt". Understanding AIDS: Myths, Efforts and Achievements. New Delhi: A. P. H. pp. 215–18. ISBN 9788176485425.
  5. ^ Moni Nag (4–10 October 2003). "Preventing AIDS among Sex Workers". Economic and Political Weekly. 38 (40): 4209–10. JSTOR 4414097. Moni Nag (3–9 December 2005). "Sex Workers in Sonagachi: Pioneers of a Revolution". Economic and Political Weekly. 40 (49): 5151–56. JSTOR 4417483. Response in Swati Ghosh (1–7 April 2006). "Empowerment of Sex Workers: The Kolkata Experience". Economic and Political Weekly. 41 (13): 1289–91. JSTOR 4418032. Cited in Sangeeta Bhatia; Nandini Sethi (2007). "History and Theory of Community Psychology in India: An International Perspective". In Stephanie Michelle Reich (ed.). International Community Psychology: History and Theories. New York / London: Springer. pp. 180–99. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-49500-2_9. ISBN 9780387495002.
  6. ^ "Research & Training". Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee.
  7. ^ Paul H. Gebhard (August 1963). "Review: Factors Affecting Human Fertility in Nonindustrial Societies: A Cross-Cultural Study. Moni Nag". American Anthropologist. New Series 65 (4): 970–71. doi:10.1525/aa.1963.65.4.02a00560. JSTOR 668985.
  8. ^ Raúl Benítez Zenteno (September–December 1963). "Moni Nag. Factors Affecting Human Fertility in Nonindustrial Societies: A Cross-Cultural Study". Revista Mexicana de Sociología (in Spanish). 25 (3): 1148–49. doi:10.2307/3538591. JSTOR 3538591.
  9. ^ Edwin D. Driver (May 1964). "Review: Factors Affecting Human Fertility in Nonindustrial Societies: A Cross-Cultural Study. By Moni Nag". American Journal of Sociology. 69 (6): 669. doi:10.1086/223708. JSTOR 2774334.
  10. ^ F. W. Clements (April 1967). "Review: Factors Affecting Human Fertility in Non-Industrial Societies. A Cross Cultural Study. By Moni Nag". Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania. 2 (1): 79–80. JSTOR 40386001.
  11. ^ M. G. (June 1976). "Review: Nag, Moni. ed. Population and Social Organization". Population and Development Review. 2 (2): 291. doi:10.2307/1972037. JSTOR 1972037.
  12. ^ Nathan Keyfitz (May 1977). "Review: Population and Social Organization. Edited by Moni Nag". American Journal of Sociology. 82 (6): 1402–03. doi:10.1086/226492. JSTOR 2777962.
  13. ^ Tony L. Whitehead (August 1977). "Review: Population and Social Organization. Moni Nag, ed". Medical Anthropology Newsletter. 8 (4): 28–29. doi:10.1525/maq.1977.8.4.02a00170. JSTOR 647562.
  14. ^ Lynellyn D. Long (June 1997). "Review: Moni Nag. Sexual Behavior and AIDS in India". Studies in Family Planning. 28 (2): 163–65. doi:10.2307/2138120. JSTOR 2138120.
  15. ^ Michael R. Stevenson (1997). "Review: Research and HIV in the Developing World. Sexual Behavior and AIDS in India by Moni Nag; Sexual Behavior and AIDS in the Developing World by John Cleland, Benoît Ferry". The Journal of Sex Research. 34 (3): 313–15. doi:10.1080/00224499709551897. JSTOR 3813390.
  16. ^ Karen Pechilis (November 2007). "Review: Progress toward an Open Discussion of Sexuality in India and Asia. Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life. By Moni Nag; Sexuality, Gender and Rights: Exploring Theory and Practice in South and Southeast Asia. By Geetanjali Misra, Radhika Chandiramani". The Journal of Sex Research. 44 (4): 401–04. doi:10.1080/00224490701629563. JSTOR 20620327.
  17. ^ Manisha Shah (October 2008). "Review: Moni Nag. Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life". Economic Development and Cultural Change. 57 (1): 200–03. doi:10.1086/590480. JSTOR 590480.
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