The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India /
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Speaking Tiger Books LLP,
2021
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| author | Menon, Madhavi |
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| contents | Preamble -- Criminal -- Immoral -- Obscene -- Unnatural -- Ammendemnt -- Annexure -- Acknowledgements |
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| illustrated | Illustrated |
| institution | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta |
| isbn | 9789354471155 (hardbound) |
| language | English |
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| physical | 148 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm. |
| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spelling | Menon, Madhavi, author. 10181 The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / Madhavi Menon. New Delhi: Speaking Tiger Books LLP, c2021. 148 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm. Tigerbacks 10182 Includes bibliographical references. Preamble -- Criminal -- Immoral -- Obscene -- Unnatural -- Ammendemnt -- Annexure -- Acknowledgements "The State attempts, with law as its instrument, to answer these questions for us, through legislation and, when contested, through court judgements. As this brilliantly insightful book argues, though India's laws and courts claim to know what they mean when they declare an expression of desire criminal, obscene or unnatural, upon inuiry, their logic appears muddled and often casteist and patriarchal. Thus the law struggles to 'rescue' 'fallen women', for sex work cannot be work, but a sign of immorality; a Supremem Court judge can exonerate the artist M. F. Husain on charges of obscenity, but claim that 'obscenity lies in the eyes of the beholder', leaving us wondering how, then, the law can ever define what's obscene; and while a court may declare that the 'third gender' has fundamental rights, no one really knows what fundamental rights have to do with gender in the first place." -- Back cover Sexual rights India. 10183 Sex and law India. 8879 Sex India. 10184 Obscenity (Law) India. 10185 Gender identity India. 6443 Sex discrimination India. 10186 Law India Interpretation and construction. 10187 Law India History. 10188 Sexualité Inde. 10189 Identité sexuelle Inde. 10190 Discrimination sexuelle Inde. 10191 Droit Inde Interprétation. 10192 Droit Inde Histoire. 10193 Gender identity. fast 6445 Law. fast 9781 Law Interpretation and construction. fast 9942 Obscenity (Law) fast 10194 Sex. fast 3793 Sex discrimination. fast 10195 India. fast History. fast 774 |
| spellingShingle | Menon, Madhavi The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / Tigerbacks Preamble -- Criminal -- Immoral -- Obscene -- Unnatural -- Ammendemnt -- Annexure -- Acknowledgements Sexual rights India. 10183 Sex and law India. 8879 Sex India. 10184 Obscenity (Law) India. 10185 Gender identity India. 6443 Sex discrimination India. 10186 Law India Interpretation and construction. 10187 Law India History. 10188 Sexualité Inde. 10189 Identité sexuelle Inde. 10190 Discrimination sexuelle Inde. 10191 Droit Inde Interprétation. 10192 Droit Inde Histoire. 10193 Gender identity. fast 6445 Law. fast 9781 Law Interpretation and construction. fast 9942 Obscenity (Law) fast 10194 Sex. fast 3793 Sex discrimination. fast 10195 |
| title | The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / |
| title_auth | The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / |
| title_full | The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / Madhavi Menon. |
| title_fullStr | The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / Madhavi Menon. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Law of desire : rulings on sex and sexuality in India / Madhavi Menon. |
| title_short | The Law of desire : |
| title_sort | law of desire rulings on sex and sexuality in india |
| title_sub | rulings on sex and sexuality in India / |
| topic | Sexual rights India. 10183 Sex and law India. 8879 Sex India. 10184 Obscenity (Law) India. 10185 Gender identity India. 6443 Sex discrimination India. 10186 Law India Interpretation and construction. 10187 Law India History. 10188 Sexualité Inde. 10189 Identité sexuelle Inde. 10190 Discrimination sexuelle Inde. 10191 Droit Inde Interprétation. 10192 Droit Inde Histoire. 10193 Gender identity. fast 6445 Law. fast 9781 Law Interpretation and construction. fast 9942 Obscenity (Law) fast 10194 Sex. fast 3793 Sex discrimination. fast 10195 |
| topic_facet | Sexual rights Sex and law Sex Obscenity (Law) Gender identity Sex discrimination Law Sexualité Identité sexuelle Discrimination sexuelle Droit Gender identity. Law. Sex. Sex discrimination. Interpretation and construction. History. Interprétation. Histoire. |
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