Same-sex desire in Indian culture : representations in literature and film, 1970-2015 /

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Author / Creator:	Ross, Oliver, 1980- author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ©2016
Description:	205 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Indic literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Indic literature (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism. Homosexuality in literature. Sex role in literature. Motion pictures -- India -- History -- 20th century. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- India. Homosexuality in literature. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Indic literature (English) Motion pictures. Motion pictures -- Social aspects. Sex role in literature. Sex role in motion pictures. India. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10507375

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ISBN:	9781137570758 113757075X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book investigates representations of same-sex desire in Indian literature and film from the 1970s to the present day. Through a detailed analysis of texts by authors like Vikram Seth, and films like Deepa Mehta's Fire, it argues that an initially Euro-American homosexuality is reinvented as it comes into contact with Indian culture"--

Table of Contents:

Contradictions or Syncretism? The Politics of Female-Female Desire in Deepa Mehta's Fire and Ligy J. Pullappally's Sancharram (The Journey)
"Am I Lesbian?" The Contexts of Female-Female Desire in the Work of Kamala Das
"The Bliss I Could Portray": Elliptical and Declamatory Male-Male Desire in the Work of Vikram Seth
Communal Tensions: Homosexuality in Raj Rao's The Boyfriend and Neel Mukherjee's A Life Apart
Transitional Mediations: Homosexuality in My Brother Nikhil, 68 Pages, and Quest/Thaang.

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