R. Raj Rao

Criminal Love (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Praxis of Queerness in India

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This theory-backed book explores the wide gamut of lived reality of the Indian queer. Written by a man who has been openly gay for the last 40 years, it dissects issues within the realm of queer studies. It highlights the sites of transgression within a seemingly monosexual society and the struggle of being queer in a repressive environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040380413
• Artikelnr.: 73959964

Autorenporträt

R. Raj Rao is a writer, poet, and teacher of literature and 'one of India's leading gay-rights activists'. His 2003 novel, The Boyfriend, is one of the first gay novels to come from India. Rao was one of the first recipients of the newly established Quebec- India awards.

R. Raj Rao is the author of almost a dozen books of poetry, fiction, plays, biography, and criticism. His book, Whistling in the Dark: Twenty-one Queer Interviews, co-edited with Dibyajyoti Sarama, was published by SAGE in 2009. He is former Professor and Head of the Department of English at the Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sex
Sexuality
Gender
and Culture 2. Identities 3. Normativities 4. Homosociality 5. Homophobia 6. Lesbianism 7. Perversion 8. Historiography 9. The Politics of Section 377
IPC 10. The Decriminalization of Section 377 and its Aftermath Bibliography