Contradictions or Syncretism? The Politics of Female-Female Desire in Deepa Mehta's Fire and Ligy J. Pullappally's Sancharram (The Journey) -- "Am I Lesbian?" The Contexts of Female-Female Desire in the Work of Kamala Das -- "The Bliss I Could Portray": Elliptical and Declamatory Male-Male Desire in the Work of Vikram Seth -- Communal Tensions: Homosexuality in Raj Rao's The Boyfriend and Neel Mukherjee's A Life Apart -- Transitional Mediations: Homosexuality in My Brother Nikhil, 68 Pages, and Quest/Thaang.
Summary:
"This book investigates representations of same-sex desire in Indian literature and film from the 1970s to the present day. Through a detailed analysis of texts by authors like Vikram Seth, and films like Deepa Mehta's Fire, it argues that an initially Euro-American homosexuality is reinvented as it comes into contact with Indian culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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