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Beyond desire : sexuality in modern Tamil literature/ by Kiran Keshavamurthy

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xxxiv,197pISBN:
  • 0199467455
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 894.81109 KES/B
Contents:
1: . K.P. Rajagopalan: Desire and Ideal Love-- 2: T. Janakiraman: Male Sexuality and the De-Idealized Woman-- 3: Karichan Kunju and M.V. Venkatram: Between Desire and Disease-- 4: Mauni: Desire as Dream and Fantasy-- 5: Dandapani Jeyakantan: Loving Outcastes, Spirituality, and Reformation-- 6: Tanjai Prakash: Between Desire and Labour-- Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary: This text studies modern literary discourses of sexuality in the Tamil context from the early to the last decades of the 20th century. Examining the representation of masculine desire in the works of authors like K.P. Rajagopalan, T. Janakiraman, Karichan Kunju, M.V. Venkatram, L.S. Ramamirutham, Dandapani Jeyakantan and Tanjai Prakash, this work takes into account a spectrum of sensual intimacies that are irreducible to the sexual.
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1: . K.P. Rajagopalan: Desire and Ideal Love--
2: T. Janakiraman: Male Sexuality and the De-Idealized Woman--
3: Karichan Kunju and M.V. Venkatram: Between Desire and Disease--
4: Mauni: Desire as Dream and Fantasy--
5: Dandapani Jeyakantan: Loving Outcastes, Spirituality, and Reformation--
6: Tanjai Prakash: Between Desire and Labour--
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index;
About the Author


This text studies modern literary discourses of sexuality in the Tamil context from the early to the last decades of the 20th century. Examining the representation of masculine desire in the works of authors like K.P. Rajagopalan, T. Janakiraman, Karichan Kunju, M.V. Venkatram, L.S. Ramamirutham, Dandapani Jeyakantan and Tanjai Prakash, this work takes into account a spectrum of sensual intimacies that are irreducible to the sexual.

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