Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia
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Overview
This book situates current research into the sexual cultures of South Asia within a cross-cultural perspective. The book argues that in societies undergoing rapid social and cultural change, the construction of sexuality and the discourses that gather around it have a fundamental connection with an entire range of processes - social, cultural, economic, political and global - with which people must engage. The contributors have studied sexuality as a site around which social and cultural ideas may be expressed.
Synopsis
In 13 papers from a July 1999 conference in Melbourne, social scientists from Australia, the US, and India broaden the academic discussion about sexuality in India and Nepal beyond purely male concerns. Their topics include blood, race, sex, and decline of intimacy in early British India, theatrical transvestism in the Parsi, Gurarati, and Marathi theaters; a preliminary report on emerging gay geographies in Bangalore; and the social shadow of AIDS and STD prevention in Nepal. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR