De-stereotyping Indian body and desire. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kaustav Chakraborty.
• Other Names: Chakraborty, Kaustav
• Contents: Preface; introducing 'de-stereotype'; disempowering gender-normativedesire discourses; body-politics; sexwork; the corporal meets the spiritual; the body as a site of conflictin temsula ao'sthese hillscalledhome; writing the body; interrogating ex-centric identitiesin mahesh dattani's plays in the lightof performativity; contrapuntal transgressionsof the body; dictions of desire; a study on marriage with a focuson analysis of internet matrimonialadvertisement; mahi's overweight body and her desirefor a prince charming; desire and the decentralisationof power in bollywood films. Showing off skinthe powerful male and the desirablefemale body; shiva linga as the de-stereotypedrepresentation of the supernaturalbeing; contributors; about the editor.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.385; Humanities; Sex role -- India; Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- India; Sex customs -- India -- Congresses; Sex role -- India -- Congresses; Women -- India -- Social conditions -- Congresses; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Sex role; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Gender studies, gender groups; Media studies; India; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1443857432; 9781443857437
• Related ISBNs: 1443852538; 9781443852531
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.