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Foucault and the Kamasutra : the courtesan, the dandy, and the birth of ars erotica as theater in India
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- Creator
- Sanjay K. Gautam
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 282 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 022634858X, 022634830X, 9780226348445, 9780226348582, 9780226348308, 022634844X
- OCLC
- ocn923665733, ocn951436868
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-271) and index.
- Foucault and the notion of ars erotica: pleasure as desubjectivation -- Pleasure and patriarchy: the discourse of dharma and the figure of the wife -- The courtesan and the birth of ars erotica as theater -- The courtesan and the origins of the Nāṭyaśāstra: from ars erotica to ars theatrica -- The dandy-guru and the birth of the discourses of erotics and theater -- The city dandy and the vision of the city based on art -- Foucault and the Kāmasūtra: parting ways