(Hi)Stories of Desire: Sexualities and Culture in Modern India

doi:10.1017/9781108637770

(Hi)Stories of Desire situates questions of sexuality in the larger domain where they are conditioned by and, in turn, also condition historically and culturally produced landscapes of being, doing and desiring. The book draws upon multi-disciplinary frameworks of analysis - including history, anthropology, literary studies, queer studies and psychoanalysis - to provide a pan-Indian account of the making of sexual cultures. Based on original research, the chapters foreground sexuality as a significant site for the making of regional, national and personal modernities. The volume addresses the modern paradox where sexuality is assigned a central significance in human life and yet its study tends to remain unconnected from the political, religious, social and economic contexts that produce human subjectivity. It will be of interest to a wide range of readership, opening up the topic to complex yet accessible ways of understanding the culture of sexualities and the sexuality of culture.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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List of Images
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Sexuality and Sexualities
pp xi-xxx
- By Sanjay Srivastava, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, Rajeev Kumaramkandath, University, Bengaluru
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1 - Politics of Prop Roots: Beyond ‘The Repressive Hypothesis’
pp 1-22
- By Anup Dhar, Development Practice, Ambedkar University, Delhi
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2 - Of Identities and Other Desires: Thinking about Sexualities
pp 23-39
- By Anirban Das, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC)
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3 - The Stuttered Process of Subject Formation: A Sex Worker's Experiments with Narration
pp 40-57
- By Navaneetha Mokkil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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4 - Sexual Realism? (Hetero)Sexual Excess and the Birth of Obscenity in Malayalam Literature
pp 58-78
- By Rajeev Kumaramkandath, University, Bengaluru
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5 - Sexualizing Kālā Pāni
pp 79-95
- By Akshaya K. Rath, PhD from the University of Hyderabad
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6 - Memories of a Queer Sexuality: Revisiting Two ‘Toto’ Folk Tales
pp 96-115
- By Kaustav Chakraborty, College, Darjeeling, West Bengal
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7 - Learning about Sex in Mumbai: Rethinking the ‘Knowledge Gap’ Debate in Sexuality Education
pp 116-133
- By Ketaki Chowkhani, PhD in Women's Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
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8 - Family Planning and the Masculinity of Nirodh Condoms in India
pp 134-151
- By Sayantani Sur, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University
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9 - Women and Their Bodies: Menstrual Celebrations and Construction of Sexuality in Assam
pp 152-170
- By Arunima Deka, Assistant Professor at OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati
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10 - Tanjai Prakash: Between Desire and Labour
pp 171-188
- By Kiran Keshavmurthy, Oxford University Press India
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11 - Hijra Intimacies and Inheritances
pp 189-206
- By Brinda Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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Notes on Editors and Contributors
pp 207-210
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Index
pp 211-215
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Images
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Introduction: Sexuality and Sexualities
pp xi-xxx

1 - Politics of Prop Roots: Beyond ‘The Repressive Hypothesis’
pp 1-22

2 - Of Identities and Other Desires: Thinking about Sexualities
pp 23-39

3 - The Stuttered Process of Subject Formation: A Sex Worker's Experiments with Narration
pp 40-57

4 - Sexual Realism? (Hetero)Sexual Excess and the Birth of Obscenity in Malayalam Literature
pp 58-78

5 - Sexualizing Kālā Pāni
pp 79-95

6 - Memories of a Queer Sexuality: Revisiting Two ‘Toto’ Folk Tales
pp 96-115

7 - Learning about Sex in Mumbai: Rethinking the ‘Knowledge Gap’ Debate in Sexuality Education
pp 116-133

8 - Family Planning and the Masculinity of Nirodh Condoms in India
pp 134-151

9 - Women and Their Bodies: Menstrual Celebrations and Construction of Sexuality in Assam
pp 152-170

10 - Tanjai Prakash: Between Desire and Labour
pp 171-188

11 - Hijra Intimacies and Inheritances
pp 189-206

Notes on Editors and Contributors
pp 207-210

Index
pp 211-215

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