Sexuality, Obscenity and Community: Women, Muslims, and the Hindu Public in Colonial India

Through analysis of an impressive array of "low" and "high" Hindi literature, particularly pamphlets, tracts, magazines and newspapers, compounded with archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu nationalism and community identity in the colonial period. The book offers an exceptionally nuanced account of Hindu gender politics.

Author: C. Gupta
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/30/2002
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780312295851

About the Author
CHARU GUPTA is Reader at the University of Delhi. She received her Ph.D in History from the Oriental and African Studies Department, University of London and has published a number of articles on Hindu nationalism.

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