Description
Same-Sex Desire in Indian Culture, 1st ed. 2016
Representations in Literature and Film, 1970-2015
Author: Ross Oliver
Language: EnglishKeywords
America; Asia; Asian cinema; Asian culture; Asian languages; cinema; culture; English literature; film; history; history of literature; Indian; linguistics; literature; media
Publication date: 01-2016
205 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 01-2016
205 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
Description
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Introduction
1. Contradictions or Syncretism? The Politics of Female-Female Desire in Deepa Mehta's Fire and Ligy J. Pullappally's Sancharram (The Journey)
2. "Am I Lesbian?" The Contexts of Female-Female Desire in the Work of Kamala Das
3. "The Bliss I Could Portray": Elliptical and Declamatory Male-Male Desire in the Work of Vikram Seth
4. Communal Tensions: Homosexuality in Raj Rao's The Boyfriend and Neel Mukherjee's A Life Apart
5. Transitional Mediations: Homosexuality in My Brother Nikhil, 68 Pages, and Quest/Thaang
Conclusion
Oliver Ross is a Teaching Fellow of English at the University of Cambridge, UK.