Ebook: Foucault and the Kamasutra: the Courtesan, the Dandy, and the Birth of Ars Erotica as Theater in India
Author: Sanjay Kumar Gautam
- Tags: Vātsyāyana -- Kāmasūtra, Bharata Muni -- Nāṭyaśāstra, Foucault Michel -- 1926-1984, Kāmasūtra (Vātsyāyana), Nāṭyaśāstra (Bharata Muni), Erotic literature Indic -- History and criticism, Courtesans in literature, Dandies in literature, Theater -- Influence, Aesthetics Indic, Pleasure -- Philosophy, Sex -- Philosophy, Sex -- India -- History, Erotic literature Indic, Sex, India
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- City: India.
- Language: English
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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. Sanjay K. Gautam lays out the nature and origin of this iconic Indian text and engages in a serious reading of its relationship with Foucault. Gautam shows how closely intertwined the history of Read more...