| (Hi)Stories of Desire: Sexualities and Culture in Modern India Contributor(s): Kumaramkandath, Rajeev (Editor), Srivastava, Sanjay (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108494412 ISBN-13: 9781108494410 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: 392.609 |
| LCCN: 2020330617 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: (Hi)Stories of Desire situates questions of sexuality in the larger domain where they are conditioned by and, in turn, also condition historically and culturally produced landscapes of being, doing and desiring. The book draws upon multi-disciplinary frameworks of analysis - including history, anthropology, literary studies, queer studies and psychoanalysis - to provide a pan-Indian account of the making of sexual cultures. Based on original research, the chapters foreground sexuality as a significant site for the making of regional, national and personal modernities. The volume addresses the modern paradox where sexuality is assigned a central significance in human life and yet its study tends to remain unconnected from the political, religious, social and economic contexts that produce human subjectivity. It will be of interest to a wide range of readership, opening up the topic to complex yet accessible ways of understanding the culture of sexualities and the sexuality of culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kumaramkandath, Rajeev: - Rajeev Kumaramkandath teaches at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. He has published in areas of postcolonial histories of sexuality and on the question of clandestine sexual subjects. His research also explores the politics behind the death of languages and vernacular movements in South Asian contexts.Srivastava, Sanjay: - Sanjay Srivastava is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. He has written and published widely on urban spatial politics, sexuality and culture and modernity in India. His most recent publication is Entangled Urbanism: Slum, Gated Community and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon (2015). |