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1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
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Showing off skinthe powerful male and the desirablefemale body; shiva linga as the de-stereotypedrepresentation of the supernaturalbeing; contributors; about the editor. |
| Summary |
Stereotypes result in deceptive generalizations about groups and are held in a manner that renders them as derogatory. As such, this volume advocates an active, goal-oriented effort in order to reduce prejudice through contact. Deconstructing the motivated 'otherizing' of the marginalized, the book offers an alternative reading of the representations of Indian body and desire, in both literature and media, that are often politically inscribed as 'abnormal' and 'unnatural' due to their non-con ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex role -- India.
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Sex role. |
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India. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- India.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Added Author |
Chakraborty, Kaustav.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De-stereotyping Indian body and desire. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013 1443852538 9781443852531 |
| ISBN |
1443857432 (electronic book) |
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9781443857437 (electronic book) |
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1443852538 |
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9781443852531 |
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