Title Woman, body, desire in post-colonial India : narratives of gender and sexuality / Jyoti Puri

Published New York ; London : Routledge, 1999

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Description xiv, 234 pages ; 23 cm Contents Ch. 1. Fictions of Identity -- Ch. 2. Sex, Sexuality, and the Nation-State -- Ch. 3. Docile and Disruptive: Narratives on Menarche and Menstruation -- Ch. 4. Tensions of Sexual Respectability: Accounts of Sexual Aggression -- Ch. 5. Negotiating the Norm: Speaking of Heterosexual Desire -- Ch. 6. Rethinking the Requirements: Of Marriage and Motherhood -- Ch. 7. Hybrid and Hyphenated: Reading Queer Narratives -- Ch. 8. Conclusion: Considering New Courses or Stoking Fire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Man-woman relationships -- India. Women -- India -- Social conditions. Sex role -- India. Gender identity -- India. LC no. 99023522 ISBN 0415921287 : 0415921279 :

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