The book argues that there is no monolithic homosexuality; there are
only homosexualities, that is, there are as many reasons for being gay
as there are gays. Some people are born gay, some have gayness thrust
upon them, and some do, indeed, achieve to great gayness.
Representation of homosexuality/homoeroticism, as it is understood
today, is thus a western import. The act and public/social discourses
on same-sex love are still illegal; it is, according to many, against
the Indian ‘tradition’; and a sense of ‘history’ is seriously
problematic when we dig out for a past tradition of homoerotic love
and desire. Hoshang Merchant, through an examination of texts, films,
poetry, attempts to analyse and crack the codes of sexual (mis)conduct
in contemporary India, giving short histories of the fate of several
gay writers and explaining the difficulties of ‘coming out’.
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ISBN
9781000083965
Publisert
2020
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Vendor
Routledge India
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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