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  • Hijras, Lovers, Brothers

    Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India

    by Vaibhav Saria ...
    Against easy framings of hijras that render them marginalized, Saria shows how hijras makes the normative Indian family possible. The book also shows that particular practices of hijras, such as refusing to use condoms or comply with retroviral regimes, reflect not ignorance or irresponsibility but rather a specific idiom of erotic asceticism arising in both Hindu and Islamic traditions. This ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Hijras, Lovers, Brothers

    Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India

    by Vaibhav Saria ...
    Series series Thinking from Elsewhere
    Winner, 2023 Bernard S. Cohn Prize, Association for Asian StudiesWinner, 2021 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social SciencesWinner, 2021 Ruth Benedict Prize, Association for Queer AnthropologyHonorable Mention, 2023 Anne Bolin & Gil Herdt Book Prize, Human Sexuality & Anthropology Interest GroupHijras, one of India’s third gendered or trans populations, have been an enduring presence in th... ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Living with HIV in Post-Crisis Times

    Beyond the Endgame

    by David A.B. Murray, Adia Benton, Janice Graham, Wesam Hassan, Jallicia Jolly, Robert Lorway, Claudia E. Ordóñez, Pamela Runestad, Vaibhav Saria, Stephen L. Schensul0, Oumy Thiongane1, Colleen Walsh Lang2 ...
    Series series Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
    Over the past decade, effective prevention and treatment policies have resulted in global health organizations claiming that the end of the HIV/AIDS crisis is near and that HIV/AIDS is now a chronic but manageable disease. These proclamations have been accompanied by stagnant or decreasing public interest in and financial support for people living with HIV and the organizations that support them, ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

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  • Everyday Life in South Asia

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  • Queering India

    Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society

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    Queering India is the first book to provide an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected topic. The topics are wide-ranging, considering film, literature, popular culture, historical and religious texts, law and other ... Read more

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  • Fire

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  • Secularizing Buddhism

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    by Sarah Shaw, Bhikku Bodhi, Kate Crosby, Roger L. Jackson ...
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  • Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams

    Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs

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  • English Heart, Hindi Heartland

    The Political Life of Literature in India

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  • Unveiling Desire

    Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East

    by Devaleena Das, Colette Morrow, Firdous Azim, Paramita Halder, Hafiza Nilofar Khan, Amrit Gangar, Naina Dey, Louis Betty0, Lavinia Benedetti1, Tomoko Kuribayashi2, Meenakshi Malhotra3, Chandrani Biswas4, Radha Chakravarty5, Feroza Jussawalla6, Kuhu Sharma Chanana7 ...
    In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or ... Read more

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