The Law Of Desire Rulings On Sex And Sexuality In India

Madhavi Menon

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Age Group

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Language

English

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Book Summary

Can A Woman Choose Whom To Marry If Her Father Disapproves Of The Match? Does Sex Remain Sex When It Becomes Work? Can A Man Become A Woman Because He Feels Like One? Is It The Lawโ€™S Task To Ensure Heterosexuality? Does Reproduction Need To Be Regulated?.The State Attempts, With Law As Its Instrument, To Answer These Questions For Us, Through Legislation And, When Contested, Through Court Judgments. This Brilliantly Insightful And Superbly Argued Book Calls Into Serious Question The Wisdomโ€”Indeed, The Intentโ€”Of Our Lawmakers And The Judiciary. Though Indiaโ€™S Laws And Courts Claim To Know What They Mean When They Declare An Expression Of Desire Immoral Or Criminal, Obscene Or Unnatural, Upon Inquiry, They Turn Out To Be Building On Very Weak And Often Casteist And Patriarchal Assumptions. Thus We Have The Law Struggling To โ€˜Rescueโ€™ โ€˜Fallen Womenโ€™, For Sex Work Cannot Be Work, But A Sign Of Immorality; A Supreme Court Judge Can Exonerate The Artist M.F. Husain On Charges Of Obscenity, But Also Claim That โ€˜Obscenity Lies In The Eyes Of The Beholderโ€™, Leaving Us Wondering How, Then, The Law Can Ever Define Whatโ€™S Obscene; And While A Court May Declare That The โ€˜Third Genderโ€™ Has Fundamental Rights, No One Really Knows What Fundamental Rights Have To Do With Gender In The First Place. Teacher And Queer Theorist Madhavi Menonโ€”Author Of Infinite Variety, A Celebrated Study Of Desire In Indiaโ€”Shows Us The โ€˜Conundrums And Paradoxesโ€™ That Result When The Law Is Entangled With Sex And Sexualityโ€”And Why We Need To Play With, Rather Than Stay With, The Law Of Desireโ€™.

Product Details

Author

Madhavi Menon

Publisher

Speaking Tiger

Language

English

SKU

BK0443241

ISBN

9789354471155

Reading Age

All

Dimensions

17.8 x 11.4 x 2 cm

Binding

Hardback

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The Law Of Desire Rulings On Sex And Sexuality In India

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