Table of Contents

Introduction,Ruth Vanita,Part One: Colonial Transitions,1. The Politics of Penetration: Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, Suparna Bhaskaran,2. Sultan Mahmud's Make-Over: Colonial Homophobia and the Persian-Urdu Literay Tradition, Scott Kugle,3. Doganas and Zanakhis: The Invention and Subsequent Erasure of Urdu Poetry's Lesbian Voice, Carla Petievich,4. Alienation, Intimacy, and Gender: Problems for a History of Love in South Asia, Indrani Chatterjee,5. Eunuchs, Lesbians, and Other Mythical Beasts: Queering and De-Queering the Kamasutra, Michael Sweet,Part Two: The Visions of Fiction,6. Loving Well: Homosexuality and Utopian Thought in Post/Colonial India, Leela Gandhi,7. Do I Remove My Skin?: Interrogating Indentity in Suniti Namjoshi's Fables, Anannya Dasgupta,8. Queernesses All Mine: Same-Sex Desire in Kamala Das's Fiction and Poetry, Rosemary Marangoly George 9. Homophobic Fiction/Homoerotic Advertising: The Pleasures and Perils of Twentieth-Century Indianness, Ruth Vanita,10. What Mrs. Besahara Saw: Reflections on the Gay Goonda, Lawrence Cohen,Part Three: Performative Pleasures in Theater, TV, and Cinema,11. A Different Desire, A Different Femininity: Theatrical Transvestism in the Parsi, Gujarati, and Marathi Theaters, 1850-1940, Kathryn Hansen,12. Queer Bonds: Male Friendships in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema, Muraleedharan T.,13. I Sleep Behind You: Male Homosociality and Homoeroticism in Indian Parallel Cinema, Thomas Waugh,14. Queer Pleasures for Queer People: Film, Television, and Queer Sexuality in India, Shohini Ghosh,15. On Fire: Sexuality and its Incitements, Geeta Patel,16. After the Fire: Smoldering Questions about Representation, Monica Bachmann,Notes on Contributors,