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Locating Pleasure in Indian History is one of the first works on the subject of the 'discourse of pleasure' in Indian history and culture. A rigorous, source-ba
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Leisure is a corollary to pleasure. Essays in this historical exploration trace how leisure and recreation were often imagined and celebrated during premodern t
Connected Histories of India and Southeast Asia
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The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 2, Systems of Thought and Belief
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Volume II focuses on systems of thought and belief in the history of world sexualities, ranging from early humans to contemporary approaches. Comprising eightee
Foucault and the Kamasutra
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Authors: Sanjay K. Gautam
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-22 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Gautam has here laid out the first serious reading of Michel Foucault in relation to key Sanskrit texts, and--what may be a surprise to many--he has written the