Pandey Bechan Sharma

Chocolate and Other Writings on Male Homoeroticism

Übersetzer: Vanita, Ruth

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Produktbeschreibung

A 1928 collection of Hindi short stories and excerpts by a canonical writer, Pandey Bechan Sharma "Ugra," that sparked modern India's first public debate on male homosexuality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343615
• ISBN-10: 0822343614
• Artikelnr.: 25875324

Autorenporträt

Pandey Bechan Sharma (1900–1967) was a nationalist writer who edited and wrote for many Indian newspapers, was the author of several novels and short story collections, and was dubbed a founder of the genre of ghaslet (inflammatory literature). He lived in Benares, Calcutta, Bombay (where he wrote film scripts), and Delhi. Ruth Vanita is Professor of Liberal Studies at the University of Montana. Her books include Gandhi’s Tiger and Sita’s Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, and Culture; Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West; and (with Saleem Kidwai) Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Note on This Translation xi
Introduction xv
Original Prefatory Materials 1
Chocolate 11
Kept Boy 19
We Are In Love with Lucknow 30
Waist Curved Like a She-Cobra 37
Discussing Chocolate 47
O Beautiful Young Man 52
Dissolute Love 58
In Prison 67
From Letters of Some Beautiful Ones 73