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Sexuality, obscenity and community Women, Muslims and the Hindu public in colonial India /

'...this is a good, solid and important work on Hindu identity and gender issues in North India. Once published, it is likely to attract - and merit - a lot of attention.' - Vasudha Dalmia, Professor of Hindi, University of California at Berkeley '...this is an exceptionally interesti...

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Main Authors: Gupta, Charu
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Comparative feminist studies
Subjects:
Hindu women > History > India
Hindu women > Social life and customs > India
Hindus > History > India
Muslims > History > India
Asian history > c 1600 to c 1700 > India
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1600 to c 1700 > India
Gender studies: women > c 1600 to c 1700 > India
Hinduism > c 1600 to c 1700 > India
Regional studies > c 1600 to c 1700 > India
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230108196
Summary: '...this is a good, solid and important work on Hindu identity and gender issues in North India. Once published, it is likely to attract - and merit - a lot of attention.' - Vasudha Dalmia, Professor of Hindi, University of California at Berkeley '...this is an exceptionally interesting piece of work which should be published quickly as an excellent example of its genre.' - Chris Bayly, Vere-Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, Cambridge 'The author has shown most successfully how gender was central to the establishment of Hindu identity, how deep-seated were the separatist an
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780312295455, 2002.
Carrier Form: 256 p.
ISBN: 9780312295455
9780230108196 :
0230108199 :
CLC: B982
Contents: INTRODUCTION Women, Caste, Class and Hindu Communalism REDEFINING OBSCENITY AND AESTHETICS IN PRINT Colonial Perceptions of Obscenity 'Obscenity' in Hindi Literature Indigenous Elite and Literary Concerns 'Dirty' Literature: Contesting the Logic of Morality? Brahmacharya, Kaliyug and the Advertisement of Aphrodisiacs SANITISING WOMEN'S SOCIAL SPACES Controls Over Entertainment The Danger of Prostitutes: The Moral and Urban Geographical Framework of Hindus MAPPING THE DOMESTIC DOMAIN Unstable Sexualities: The Sexual Politics of the Home Conjugality and Desire: The Power of Difference Fashion,

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