Sakhiyani

Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India

Giti Thadani

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
06 October 2016

Lesbian studies

Series: Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

The product of many years of research, this unique book presents fascinating perspectives on contemporary lesbian life in India and unravels some of the history of lesbian desire from centuries past.

Through detailed examination of mythology, cosmology, ancient art and artefacts and her exegesis of ancient Sanskrit texts, Thadani constructs a tapestry of feminine kinship, genealogy and sexual or erotic bonding between women (sakhiyani) in ancient India. The author offers an historical perspective on the effect of colonization upon lesbian identities in India, showing how women were viewed by Western imperialists either as soft victims or as sexually dangerous, possessing an overgrown clitoris and in need of heterosexual domestication. The second half of the book focuses on contemporary lesbian realities and issues, including lesbian marriages, suicide pacts, forging lesbian space, lesbian human rights, lesbophobia, sexual exile and the different construction of gender, family and possible kinship alliances.

By: Giti Thadani
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781474287036
ISBN 10: 1474287034
Series: Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 06 October 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments Glossary 1. Lesbian Invisibility 2. The Dual Feminine 3. The Myths of Usha and Urvashi 4. The Control of Lesbian Sexuality 5. Legacies of Colonialism 6. Westernization 7. Love and Death 8. Lesbian Identities Bibliography Index

Giti Thadani is a founder member of the Sakhi collective and journal of contemporary and historical lesbian life in India.