Queering India by Ruth Vanita

Queering India

Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society

Ruth Vanita

Little is known about same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture, but this once forbidden subject is slowly receiving more attention. Here for the first time, this largely uninvestigated area of Indian culture is uncovered in Vanita’s provocative collection of original essays. The topics are wide-ranging, covering film, literature, popular culture, historical and religious texts, law, and other aspects of life in India. With a comprehensive scope, contributors discuss a diverse range of examples, including the recent controversial lesbian film, Fire; a case of same-sex love and murder in colonial India; homophobic fiction and homoerotic advertising in current day India; and queering the Kama Sutra.Queering Indiaprovides a profoundly important new understanding of gay and lesbian life.

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ISBN 9780415929509
Genre LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Copyright Date 2002
Publication Date 16-Nov-01
Publisher Routledge
Editor Ruth Vanita
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 256
Language English
Rating NotRated
Editor Ruth Vanita
Subject Homosexuality; Homosexuality – India; Homosexuality/ India; India; Indic Literature
BookID 10381

Author: LFWBooks