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Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History | 
enlarge | Creators: Ruth Vanita, Saleem Kidwai Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Category: Book
List Price: $33.95 Buy New: $25.86 You Save: $8.09 (24%)
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Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 710900
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 400 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312293240 Dewey Decimal Number: 809 EAN: 9780312293246 ASIN: 0312293240
Publication Date: September 22, 2001 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: excellent ed.in business 37 years, we welcome your orders and continued patronage.
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Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Translated from more than a dozen languages and drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms since ancient times, without overt persecution. This collection defies both stereotypes of Indian culture and Foucault's definition of homosexuality as a 19th-century invention, uncovering instead complex discourses of Indian homosexuality, rich metaphorical traditions to represent it, and the use of names and terms as early as medieval times to distinguish same-sex from cross-sex love. An eminent group of scholars have translated these writings for the first time or have re-translated well-known texts to correctly make evident previously underplayed homoerotic content. Selections range from religious books, legal and erotic treatises, story cycles, medieval histories and biographies, modern novels, short stories, letters, memoirs, plays and poems. From the Rigveda to Vikram Seth, this anthology will become a staple in courses on gender and queer studies, Asian studies, and world literature.
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excellent research August 26, 2004 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
research like this hasn't been done before. the book helps proove that homosexuality is so much a part of our culture as opposed to what some homophobic people choose to think. I'm an indian and I highly recomment it.
very recommendable book August 22, 2000 4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a very interesting book written in English. However, I've found many absences or omissions of renowned historical, literary and religious stories in the book, e.g. Buddhist sutras translated into classical Chinese from the original Sanskrit and Pali texts. I'd like to read more comprehensive books on the history & literature of India, and also of Tibet.
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