(Un)Familiar Femininities

A nuanced reading of contemporary literary and cinematic texts from India and its diaspora, this work traces the histories of the 'un(familiar)' lesbian in the homophobic realm around us. Focusing on  representations and legacies of such femininities, the author  shows how female same-sex socialities and  female same-sex love straddle  terrains both familiar and unfamiliar, arguing that homosexuality and heterosexuality are not in  opposition but in a state of constant dialogue with each other.

Suitable for: Primary Market: Libraries  Apart from institutions, libraries, the work will be of interest to scholars of gender, women studies, culture studies.    Secondary Market:  The book will be both a good teaching tool for undergraduate classes as well as a useful meditation on the field for higher-level research. Euro-American research and teaching institutions in the humanities-social sciences can be specifically targeted in the marketing process due to their relative lack of access to works on the subject matter produced from an Indian-non-Western context. Due to its great topicality, the book will also be of great interest to the general reader as well as anyone broadly interested in feminist-queer inquiry.  

Rights:  World Rights