TY  - BOOK
TI  - Beyond desire : : sexuality in modern Tamil literature
SN  - 0199467455
U1  - 894.81109 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - Tamil literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
KW  - Sex in literature
KW  - Gender identity in literature
N1  - 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
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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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