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Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality

By (author) Jyoti Puri

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This ethnographic study based on 54 middle-and upper-class Indian women connects issues of class and nationhood to the emerging sense of female identity in India. It covers topics such as menstruation, gay and straight sexual experience, sexual harassment and assault, marriage and motherhood. Jyoti Puri discovers that attitudes about sexuality and gender are surprisingly similar in India and Western countries.

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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published date | 24 Jun 1999
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 248
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 521g
ISBN | 978-0-4159-2127-5
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BISAC | social science / feminism & feminist theory


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