The Law Of Desire Rulings On Sex And Sexuality In India
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The Law Of Desire Rulings On Sex And Sexuality In India
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Author : Madhavi Menon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12-20
The Law Of Desire Rulings On Sex And Sexuality In India written by Madhavi Menon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-20 with categories.
Description Can a woman choose whom to marry if her father disapproves of the match? Does sex remain sex when it becomes work? Can a man become a woman because he feels like one? Is it the law's task to ensure heterosexuality? Does reproduction need to be regulated? The State attempts, with law as its instrument, to answer these questions for us, through legislation and, when contested, through court judgments. This brilliantly insightful and superbly argued book calls into serious question the wisdom-indeed, the intent-of our lawmakers and the judiciary. Though India's laws and courts claim to know what they mean when they declare an expression of desire immoral or criminal, obscene or unnatural, upon inquiry, they turn out to be building on very weak and often casteist and patriarchal assumptions. Thus we have the law struggling to 'rescue' 'fallen women', for sex work cannot be work, but a sign of immorality; a Supreme Court judge can exonerate the artist M.F. Husain on charges of obscenity, but also claim that 'obscenity lies in the eyes of the beholder', leaving us wondering how, then, the law can ever define what's obscene; and while a court may declare that the 'third gender' has fundamental rights, no one really knows what fundamental rights have to do with gender in the first place. Teacher and queer theorist Madhavi Menon-author of Infinite Variety, a celebrated study of desire in India-shows us the 'conundrums and paradoxes' that result when the law is entangled with sex and sexuality-and why we 'need to play with, rather than stay with, the Law of Desire'.
The Law Of Desire
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language : en
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Release Date : 2021
The Law Of Desire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Infinite Variety
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Author : Madhavi Menon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-10
Infinite Variety written by Madhavi Menon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-10 with History categories.
'Elegant, lucid and funny, this book will appeal to as many readers as there are desires.'--Shohini Ghosh 'The history of desire in India, ' writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, 'reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life. Not one answer, but many. Not a single history, but multiple tales cutting across laws and boundaries.' In Bhakti poetry, Radha and Krishna disregard marital fidelity, age, time and gender for erotic love. In Sufi dargahs, pirs (spiritual guides) who were married to women are buried alongside their male disciples, as lovers are. Vatsyayana, author of the world's most famous manual of sex, insists that he did not compose it 'for the sake of passion', and remained celibate through the writing of it. Long hair is widely seen as a symbol of sexuality; and yet, shaved off in a temple, it is a sacred offering. Even as the country has a draconian law to punish homosexuality, heterosexual men share the same bed without comment. Hijras are increasingly marginalized; yet gender has historically been understood as fluid rather than fixed. Menon navigates centuries, geographies, personal and public histories, schools of philosophy, literary and cinematic works, as she examines the many--and often surprising--faces of desire in the Indian subcontinent. Her study ranges from the erotic sculptures of Khajuraho to the shrine of the celibate god Ayyappan; from army barracks to public parks; from Empress Nur Jahan's paan to home-made kohl; from cross-dressing mystics to androgynous gods. It shows us the connections between grammar and sex, between hair and war, between abstinence and pleasure, between love and death. Gloriously subversive, full of extraordinary analyses and insights, this is a book you will read to be enlightened and entertained for years.
Sex And The Supreme Court
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Author : Saurabh Kirpal
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-27
Sex And The Supreme Court written by Saurabh Kirpal and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27 with Law categories.
'The Constitution [of India] has within it the ability to produce social catharsis...' At 12.12 p.m. on 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India created history by reading down Section 377 - reversing an archaic law laid down by the British in 1860 and decriminalizing homosexuality for the first time in modern India. Yet, this is not the only ruling that the Supreme Court has made in recent times championing the rights of an individual to her or his identity and dignity. From empowering the transgender community and lending teeth to the prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace, to protecting the privacy, rights and dignity of women and minorities on issues such as interfaith marriages, entering the Sabarimala temple, the controversial triple talaq and the striking down of the adultery law - the highest court of the land has firmly placed the individual at the centre of the constitutional firmament, and set a course for progressive societal reform. This remarkable collection of writings by legal luminaries is the only book to offer sharp insights into each of these crucial rulings. Justice M.B. Lokur writes on the issues that affect the transgender community; Justice B.D. Ahmed elucidates on Muslim law in the modern context; and Justice A.K. Sikri addresses the fundamental concept of dignity, which binds together all the essays in this book. Some of the best-known names in Indian law - Mukul Rohatgi, Madhavi Divan, Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju and Saurabh Kirpal - offer legal perspectives of judgements on sex, sexuality and gender. From petitioners like Ritu Dalmia, Keshav Suri and Zainab Patel, we hear personal narratives of being a part of the LGBTQ community in India, while journalist Namita Bhandare provides a powerful account of the struggle against sexual harassment. An unprecedented documentation of the rulings that have set a standard for the rights and liberties of sexual minorities and women in India, Sex and the Supreme Court is also an invaluable record for posterity - for it reveals the power of the country's courts to uphold the privacy, dignity and safety of its citizens.
The Gendered Body In South Asia
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Author : Meenakshi Malhotra
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-09-14
The Gendered Body In South Asia written by Meenakshi Malhotra and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-14 with Social Science categories.
This book situates the discourse on the gendered body within the rapidly transitioning South Asian socio-economic and cultural landscape. It critically analyzes gender politics from different disciplinary perspectives including psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, post-colonialism and law among others. Enriched by contributions from well-known South Asian feminist scholars, this book discusses themes such as democracy and dissent, citizenship and violence and how the female body has historically been used in these discussions as a shield and a weapon. It also focuses on technology and misogyny, the politics of veiling and unveiling, the body of the Muslim women in contemporary India as well as bodies which are marginalized or labelled transgressive or monstrous. The chapters in the volume showcase the complexities, convergences and divergences which exist in the conception and understanding of the gendered body, sexuality and gender roles in different socio-cultural spaces in South Asia and how women negotiate these boundaries. Topical and comprehensive, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, political sociology, social anthropology, cultural studies, post-colonial studies and South Asian studies.
Hi Stories Of Desire
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Author : Rajeev Kumaramkandath
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Hi Stories Of Desire written by Rajeev Kumaramkandath and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with History categories.
Draws upon multi-disciplinary frameworks of analysis to provide an account of the making of sexual cultures in modern India.
Translating Desire
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Author : Anjana Sharma
language : en
Publisher: Katha
Release Date : 2002
Translating Desire written by Anjana Sharma and has been published by Katha this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.
It is a stealthy silence that is challenged in an inspiring volume on sexuality in contemporary Indian culture. This anthology is a timely intervention that not only attempts to locate sex as a tangible truth in an Indian context but also inspires a hundred questions regarding hidden contours.
Sexual States Governance And The Struggle Over The Antisodomy Law In India
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Author : JYOTI PURI.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Sexual States Governance And The Struggle Over The Antisodomy Law In India written by JYOTI PURI. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Criminal justice, Administration of categories.
"In Sexual States Jyoti Puri tracks the efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the state. Since 2001 activists have attempted to rewrite Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which in addition to outlawing homosexual behavior is often used to prosecute a range of activities and groups that are considered perverse. Having interviewed activists and NGO workers throughout five metropolitan centers, investigated crime statistics and case law, visited various state institutions, and met with the police, Puri found that Section 377 is but one element of how homosexuality is regulated in India. This statute works alongside the large and complex system of laws, practices, policies, and discourses intended to mitigate sexuality's threat to the social order while upholding the state as inevitable, legitimate, and indispensable. By highlighting the various means through which the regulation of sexuality constitutes India's heterogeneous and fragmented 'sexual state, ' Puri provides a conceptual framework to understand the links between sexuality and the state more broadly"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Sexuality And Love In Arranged Marriages In India
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Author : Vanitha Dayanada
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-04
Sexuality And Love In Arranged Marriages In India written by Vanitha Dayanada and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Based on in-depth interviews with urban, university educated men and women, the book lends an extensive exploration of individuals' intimate sex lives and their marital lives; merits and demerits of arranged marriages.
Governing Gender And Sexuality In Colonial India
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Author : Jessica Hinchy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-04
Governing Gender And Sexuality In Colonial India written by Jessica Hinchy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with History categories.
Examines the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality through the history of transgender Hijras in north India.