Sakhiyani : Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1. Lesbian Invisibility -- Lesbian cosmography -- A note on language -- Notes -- 2. The Dual Feminine -- The dual feminine mosaic -- Feminine triangles -- Notes -- 3. The Myths of Usha and Urvashi -- Urvashi and Pururvas -- Nirriti and the semiotics of death and knowledge -- 4. The Control of Lesbian Sexuality -- Embryology and medicalization -- Myths of sexual inversion -- Notes -- 5. Legacies of Colonialism -- Language and issues of identity -- The colonial legacy -- Notes -- 6. Westernization -- Those poor things -- Lesbianism, a personal problem -- 7. Love and Death -- Lesbian marriages -- Notes -- 8. Lesbian Identities -- Bibliography -- Index.

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