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LEADER: 02499cam a22004338i 4500
001 2015025068
003 DLC
005 20151104083232.0
008 150819s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015025068
020 $a9781137570758 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-ii---
050 00 $aPR9485.5.H66$bR67 2016
082 00 $a820.9/353$223
084 $aLIT000000$aLIT008020$aPER004030$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRoss, Oliver,$d1980-
245 10 $aSame-sex desire in Indian culture :$brepresentations in literature and film, 1970-2015 /$cOliver Ross.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This book investigates representations of same-sex desire in Indian literature and film from the 1970s to the present day. Through a detailed analysis of texts by authors like Vikram Seth, and films like Deepa Mehta's Fire, it argues that an initially Euro-American homosexuality is reinvented as it comes into contact with Indian culture"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 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.
650 0 $aIndic literature (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aIndic literature (English)$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aHomosexuality in literature.
650 0 $aSex role in literature.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$zIndia$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHomosexuality in motion pictures.
650 0 $aSex role in motion pictures.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zIndia.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh