Foucault and the Kamasutra : the courtesan, the dandy, and the birth of ars erotica as theater in India

Foucault and the Kamasutra : the courtesan, the dandy, and the birth of ars erotica as theater in India /

The Kamasutra is best known in the West for its scandalous celebration of unbridled sensuality. Yet, there is much, much more to it; embedded in the text is a vision of the city founded on art and aesthetic pleasure. In Foucault and the "Kamasutra", Sanjay K. Gautam lays out the nature and...

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Main Author: Gautam, Sanjay K. (Sanjay Kumar) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
Subjects:
Vātsyāyana. > Kāmasūtra.
Bharata Muni. > Nāṭyaśāstra.
Foucault, Michel, > 1926-1984.
Erotic literature, Indic > History and criticism.
Courtesans in literature.
Dandies in literature.
Theater > Influence.
Aesthetics, Indic.
Pleasure > Philosophy.
Sex > Philosophy.
Sex > India > Tsundur > History.
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