| Sexuality, Obscenity and Community: Women, Muslims, and the Hindu Public in Colonial India Contributor(s): Gupta, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312295456 ISBN-13: 9780312295455 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Through analysis of an impressive array of "low" and "high" Hindi literature, particularly pamphlets, tracts, magazines and newspapers, compounded with archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu nationalism and community identity in the colonial period. The book offers an exceptionally nuanced account of Hindu gender politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Religion | Sexuality & Gender Studies - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2002514141 |
| Series: Comparative Feminist Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.56" W x 8.48" (1.22 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Religious Orientation - Hindu - Cultural Region - Indian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through analysis of an impressive array of 'low' and 'high' Hindu literatures, particularly pamphlets, tracts, newspapers, and archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu communitality and nationalism in the colonial period. The book offers an exceptionally nuanced account of Hindi gender politics. |