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Love’s Rite, Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West / Ruth Vanita

By: Publication details: London : Palgrave Macmillan US (Springer), 2005.Description: xi, 274 p. : 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781349532087
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DDC classification:
  • 306.848 VAN
Contents:
Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction 1 : 2. Who Decides: Marriage Law, the State, and Mutual Consent 47 : 3. Is the Spirit Gendered?: Fluid Gender, Sex Change, and Same-Sex Marriage 71 : 4. “Immortal Longings”: Love-Death, Rebirth, and Union Through Life After Life 91 : 5. A Second Self: Traditions of Romantic Friendship 113 : 6. Monstrous to Miraculous—Same-Sex Reproduction and Parenting 137 : 7. All in the Family: Same-Sex Relationships in Traditional Families 161 : 8. “Married Among Their Companions”: Female-Female Relations in Premodern Erotica 183 : 9. Aspiring to Union: Twentieth-Century Cinema 209 : 10. Conclusion 225 : Appendix: Note on Theory and Methodology 239 :Notes 249 : Index 269
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. Introduction 1 : 2. Who Decides: Marriage Law, the State, and Mutual Consent 47 :
3. Is the Spirit Gendered?: Fluid Gender, Sex Change, and Same-Sex Marriage 71 :
4. “Immortal Longings”: Love-Death, Rebirth, and Union Through Life After Life 91 :
5. A Second Self: Traditions of Romantic Friendship 113 :
6. Monstrous to Miraculous—Same-Sex Reproduction
and Parenting 137 : 7. All in the Family: Same-Sex Relationships in Traditional
Families 161 : 8. “Married Among Their Companions”: Female-Female Relations in Premodern Erotica 183 :
9. Aspiring to Union: Twentieth-Century Cinema 209 : 10. Conclusion 225 :
Appendix: Note on Theory and Methodology 239 :Notes 249 : Index 269