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

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Main Author: Gautam, Sanjay K. (Sanjay Kumar) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: The University of Chicago Press, 2016
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.