Same-sex desire in Indian culture : representations in literature and film, 1970-2015

Introduction 1. Contradictions or Syncretism? The Politics of Female-Female Desire in Deepa Mehta's Fire and Ligy J. Pullappally's Sancharram (The Journey) 2. "Am I Lesbian?" The Contexts of Female-Female Desire in the Work of Kamala Das 3. "The Bliss I Could Portray": Elliptical and Declamatory Male-Male Desire in the Work of Vikram Seth 4. Communal Tensions: Homosexuality in Raj Rao's The Boyfriend and Neel Mukherjee's A Life Apart 5. Transitional Mediations: Homosexuality in My Brother Nikhil, 68 Pages, and Quest/Thaang Conclusion