{"product_id":"the-law-of-desire-rulings-on-sex-and-sexuality-in-india-paperback","title":"The Law of Desire Rulings on Sex and Sexuality in India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMadhavi Menon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan a woman choose whom to marry if her father disapproves of the match? Does sex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremain sex when it becomes work? Can a man become a woman because he feels like one?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it the law's task to ensure heterosexuality? Does reproduction need to be regulated?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe State attempts, with law as its instrument, to answer these questions for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eus, through legislation and, when contested, through court judgments. This\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrilliantly insightful and superbly argued book calls into serious question the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewisdom-indeed, the intent-of our lawmakers and the judiciary. Though\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia's laws and courts claim to know what they mean when they declare an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpression of desire immoral or criminal, obscene or unnatural, upon inquiry, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey turn out to be building on very weak and often casteist and patriarchal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eassumptions. Thus we have the law struggling to 'rescue' 'fallen women', for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esex work cannot be work, but a sign of immorality; a Supreme Court judge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecan exonerate the artist M.F. Husain on charges of obscenity, but also claim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat 'obscenity lies in the eyes of the beholder', leaving us wondering how, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen, the law can ever define what's obscene; and while a court may declare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat the 'third gender' has fundamental rights, no one really knows what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efundamental rights have to do with gender in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeacher and queer theorist Madhavi Menon-author of Infinite Variety, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecelebrated study of desire in India-shows us the 'conundrums and paradoxes'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat result when the law is entangled with sex and sexuality-and why we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'need to play with, rather than stay with, the Law of Desire'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7.48 x 4.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45892887806149,"sku":"9789354472145","price":48.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/1C4-Azy5Ht9789354472145.webp?v=1771918863","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-law-of-desire-rulings-on-sex-and-sexuality-in-india-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}