Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415929490 ISBN 13: 9780415929493

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

Queering India is the first book to provide an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected topic. The topics are wide-ranging, considering film, literature, popular culture, historical and religious texts, law and other aspects of life in India. Specifically, the essays cover such issues as Deepa Mehta's recent and controversial film, Fire, which focused on lesbian relationships in India; the Indian penal code which outlaws homosexual acts; a case of same-sex love and murder in colonial India; homophobic fiction and homoerotic advertising in current day India; and lesbian subtext in Hindu scripture. All of the essays are original to the collection. Queering India promises to change the way we understand India as well as gay and lesbian life and sexuality around the world.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Ruth Vanita is Associate Professor of Liberal Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Montana. She is the co-editor of Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature (2000).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415929490
• ISBN 13: 9780415929493
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264
• Redattore: Vanita Ruth