Concerning Kamasutras: Challenging narratives of history and sexuality

Signs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 603-639

  Puri, Jyoti ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 3342924172     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/337937     Document Type: Review

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