{"product_id":"facing-the-mirror-lesbian-writing-from-india","title":"Facing the Mirror - Lesbian Writing from India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ashwini Sukhankar\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Ashwini Sukhankar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\/4\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 409\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780140283099\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together the richness and diversity of lesbian existence in India through fiction and poetry, essays and personal history.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years Indian lesbians have borne silent witness to distorted reflections of their reality.  Here they chose to look themselves in the eye.  Countering the images of perverse desire generated by decades of lurid speculation, the writers quarried memory and imagination to describe what it really means to be a woman who loves other women.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a revelation for Indian lesbians who have never been exposed to each other's voices in a public domain.  For the rest  of the world, it is a compelling glimpse into the lives of those who remain unacknowledged in all the spheres of society they inhabit.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese writings do not moderate either passion or anger for the eye of the beholder.  The courage, the sensuality, the humor of being lesbian is  worn proudly, in its many colors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS:  Introduction \/ Passages - 15 pieces \/ Home - 16 pieces \/ Worlds - 18 pieces \/ Differences 12 pieces \/ Connections 17 pieces \/ 19 pieces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR: Ashwini Sukthankar was born in Mumbai in 1974 and grew up between Papua New Guinea and India.  After studying comparative literature at Harvard University, she moved back to Mumbai, where she is a writer and an activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor’s Notes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePASSAGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWORLDS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIFFERENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONNECTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOVE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ashwini Sukhankar \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153564299632,"sku":"1868","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/1559.jpg?v=1793911203","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/facing-the-mirror-lesbian-writing-from-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}