{"product_id":"9781856498920","title":"Question of Silence The Sexual Economies of Modern India","description":"\u003ch1\u003eQuestion of Silence\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Sexual Economies of Modern India\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJanaki Nair | Mary E. John\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas there been a 'conspiracy of silence' regarding sexuality in India, be it within social movements or as a focus of scholarship? A Question of Silence? interrogates this assumption in order to thematise a crucial field. Prefaced by a detailed introductory overview, the essays use diverse perspectives to develop an understanding of the institutions, practices and forms of representation of sexual relations and their boundaries of legitimacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom unravelling the Kamasutra (the text) to investigating KamaSutra (the condom) the volume includes essays on how sexuality has been framed by the law, within social movements, or has been the site for patrolled caste, ethnic or gender identities. Other essays analyse cinematic, televisual and literary representations of sexuality. Taken as a whole, this book makes room for more wide-ranging approaches for tackling the sexual economies of desire and violence among men and women in modern India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary John is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi.  Her book Discrepant Dislocations: Feminism, Theory and Postcolonial Histories (1996) has been co-published by the University of California Press and Oxford University Press, Delhi.  Current research interests include the history of the Indian women's movement, and the formation of women's studies, international feminism and problems of globalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanaki Nair is Fellow at the Madras Institute of Development Studies and is currently Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore.  She has written on the social, cultural and political history of modern India.  She has published widely in Indian and international journals.  Her publications include Women and Law in Colonial India (Kali for Women, 1996) and Miners and Millhands: Work, Culture and Politics in Princely Mysore  (Sage, 1998).  She has also produced and directed 'After the Gold', a documentary film of the Kolar gold fields (Betcam Video, 1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781856498920\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e420\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369288794252,"sku":"9781856498920","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e2ac8e85-b97e-45fb-8c11-b82d27e59e45.jpg?v=1783878617","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781856498920","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}