Sharma Chocolate and Other Writings on Male Homoeroticism

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9218-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

Reihe: e-Duke books scholarly collection

A translation of a 1927 short-story collection that was the first work of Hindi fiction to focus on male same-sex relations; its publication sparked Indias first public debates about homosexuality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Pandey Bechan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Vanita, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Note on This Translation xi

Introduction xv

Original Prefatory Materials 1

Chocolate 11

Kept Boy 19

We Are In Love with Lucknow 30

Waist Curved Like a She-Cobra 37

Discussing Chocolate 47

O Beautiful Young Man 52

Dissolute Love 58

In Prison 67

From Letters of Some Beautiful Ones 73

Über Autor(innen)

Pandey Bechan Sharma (1900–1967) was a nationalist writer who edited and wrote for many Indian newspapers, was the author of several novels and short story collections, and was dubbed a founder of the genre of ghaslet (inflammatory literature). He lived in Benares, Calcutta, Bombay (where he wrote film scripts), and Delhi. Ruth Vanita is Professor of Liberal Studies at the University of Montana. Her books include Gandhi’s Tiger and Sita’s Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, and Culture; Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West; and (with Saleem Kidwai) Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History.