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The Phobic and the Erotic
Subhabrata Bhattacharyya
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Description for The Phobic and the Erotic
Paperback. Constructed on the premise that it is time to foreground those sexual choices and identities that are counter-hetero-normative as the sites at which the most significant politics are being played out, this work captures the complex issues, theories, contexts and debates crowding the sexualities arena in contemporary Indian society. Editor(s): Bose, Brinda; Bhattacharyya, Subhabrata. Num Pages: 518 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 804.
A flamboyantly eclectic anthology that explodes the myths about the lines which divide us - the heterosexual from the homosexual, the normative from the 'alternative', the phobic from the obsessive, the moral from the titillating, the academic from the activist. "The Phobic and the Erotic" brings together a stunning array of serious, committed writing about what is both most visible and most hidden in our lives: our sexualities. While our social and cultural lives are determined by a fairly universal heterosexual code, this anthology argues that it is imperative to recognize multiple sites and discourses as equally valid. It 'outs' ... Read more
A flamboyantly eclectic anthology that explodes the myths about the lines which divide us - the heterosexual from the homosexual, the normative from the 'alternative', the phobic from the obsessive, the moral from the titillating, the academic from the activist. "The Phobic and the Erotic" brings together a stunning array of serious, committed writing about what is both most visible and most hidden in our lives: our sexualities. While our social and cultural lives are determined by a fairly universal heterosexual code, this anthology argues that it is imperative to recognize multiple sites and discourses as equally valid. It 'outs' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
Number of Pages
518
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905422142
SKU
V9781905422142
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About Subhabrata Bhattacharyya
Brinda Bose teaches in the Department of English, Hindu College, Delhi University, and is co-director of the Centre for Feminist Legal Research, New Delhi. She has edited Translating Desire: The Politics of Gender and Culture in India. Subhabrata Bhattacharyya is Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as a member of the English Department, at ... Read more
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