Foucault and the Kamasutra: The Courtesan, the Dandy, and the Birth of Ars Erotica as Theater in India

by Sanjay K. Gautam

Book Overview

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. In Foucault and the "Kamasutra", Sanjay K. Gautam lays out the nature and origin of this iconic Indian text and engages in the first serious reading of its relationship with Foucault.

Gautam shows how closely intertwined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022634844X
• ISBN13: 9780226348445
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"