{"product_id":"9781403970381","title":"Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLove’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVanita, R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to examine the same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides reported in India over the last two decades. Ruth Vanita examines these cases in the context of a wide variety of same-sex unions, from Fourteenth-century narratives about co-wives who miraculously produce a child together, to Nineteenth-century depictions of ritualized unions between women, to marriages between gay men and lesbians arranged over the internet. Examining the changing legal, literary, religious and social Indian and Euro-American traditions within which same-sex unions are embedded, she brings a fresh perspective to the gay marriage debate, suggesting that same-sex marriage dwells not at the margins but at the heart of culture. Love's Rites by Ruth Vanita is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2005-10-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781403970381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781403981608\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 274\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431357989004,"sku":"9781403970381","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403970381.jpg?v=1775885918","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781403970381","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}