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100			_aKumaramkandath, Rajeev (ed.)
245	0	0	_a(Hi)Stories of desire : _bsexualities and culture in modern India / _cedited by Rajeev Kumaramkandath, Sanjay Srivastava.
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press _c2020
300			_axxx, 215 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c24 cm
500			_a"The origins of this book lie in a seminar at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, in September 2014"--Acknowledgements.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a(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.
650		0	_aSexual minorities
650		0	_aSex customs
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships
700	1		_aSrivastava, Sanjay (ed.)
710	2		_aIndian Institute of Advanced Study,
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