SZEROKI WYBÓR
Oferujemy ponad milion pozycji anglojęzycznych – od literatury pięknej po specjalistyczną .
ISBN | 9780822343820 |
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Autor | Sharma Pandey Bechan |
Wydawca | Duke Univ Pr |
Język | english |
Oprawa | Paperback |
Rok wydania | 2009 |
Liczba stron | 152 |
The stories depict male homoeroticism in quotidian situations: a man brings a lover to his disapproving friend's house
a good-looking young man becomes the object of desire at his school. The love never ends well, but the depictions are not always unsympathetic. Although Ugra claimed that the stories were aimed at suppressing homosexuality by exposing it, Vanita highlights the ambivalence of his characterizations. Cosmopolitan, educated, and hedonistic, the Hindu and Muslim men he portrayed quote Hindi and Urdu poetry to express their love, and they justify same-sex desire by drawing on literature, philosophy, and world history. Vanita's introduction includes anecdotal evidence that Chocolate was enthusiastically received by India's homosexual communities.