Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West (2005 ed.)
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Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West (2005 ed.)

Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West (2005 ed.)

By
R. Vanita (Author)  

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This is the first book to examine the same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides reported in India over the last two decades. Ruth Vanita examines these cases in the context of a wide variety of same-sex unions, from Fourteenth-century narratives about co-wives who miraculously produce a child together, to Nineteenth-century depictions of ritualized unions between women, to marriages between gay men and lesbians arranged over the internet. Examining the changing legal, literary, religious and social Indian and Euro-American traditions within which same-sex unions are embedded, she brings a fresh perspective to the gay marriage debate, suggesting that same-sex marriage dwells not at the margins but at the heart of culture. Love's Rites by Ruth Vanita is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. 8 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 274 p. 8 illus.
RUTH VANITA is Professor of Liberal Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Montana, USA. She is the author of several books including Queer Love and Same-Sex Love in India.
  • Contributor: R. Vanita
  • Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN13: 9781403970381
  • Number of Pages: 274
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 518
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Palgrave USA
  • Release Date: 2005-10-12
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: RUTH VANITA is Professor of Liberal Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Montana, USA. She is the author of several books including Queer Love and Same-Sex Love in India.

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