Unveiling Desire

Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
Cover of the book Unveiling Desire by Devaleena Das, Colette Morrow, Firdous Azim, Paramita Halder, Hafiza Nilofar Khan, Amrit Gangar, Naina Dey, Louis Betty, Lavinia Benedetti, Tomoko Kuribayashi, Meenakshi Malhotra, Chandrani Biswas, Radha Chakravarty, Feroza Jussawalla, Kuhu Sharma Chanana, Rutgers University Press
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Author: Devaleena Das, Colette Morrow, Firdous Azim, Paramita Halder, Hafiza Nilofar Khan, Amrit Gangar, Naina Dey, Louis Betty, Lavinia Benedetti, Tomoko Kuribayashi, Meenakshi Malhotra, Chandrani Biswas, Radha Chakravarty, Feroza Jussawalla, Kuhu Sharma Chanana ISBN: 9780813587868
Publisher: Rutgers University Press Publication: January 16, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press Language: English
Author: Devaleena Das, Colette Morrow, Firdous Azim, Paramita Halder, Hafiza Nilofar Khan, Amrit Gangar, Naina Dey, Louis Betty, Lavinia Benedetti, Tomoko Kuribayashi, Meenakshi Malhotra, Chandrani Biswas, Radha Chakravarty, Feroza Jussawalla, Kuhu Sharma Chanana
ISBN: 9780813587868
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication: January 16, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Language: English

In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists the temptation to then focus on the veil, geisha, sati, or Muslim women’s oppression without exploring Eastern women’s sexuality beyond these contexts. The chapters cover instead mind/body sexual politics, patriarchal cultural constructs, the anatomy of sex and power in relation to myth and culture, denigration of female anatomy, and gender performativity. From Persepolis to Bollywood, and from fairy tales to crime fiction, the contributors to Unveiling Desire show how the struggle for women’s liberation is truly global.  

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In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists the temptation to then focus on the veil, geisha, sati, or Muslim women’s oppression without exploring Eastern women’s sexuality beyond these contexts. The chapters cover instead mind/body sexual politics, patriarchal cultural constructs, the anatomy of sex and power in relation to myth and culture, denigration of female anatomy, and gender performativity. From Persepolis to Bollywood, and from fairy tales to crime fiction, the contributors to Unveiling Desire show how the struggle for women’s liberation is truly global.  

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