“Quernesses all mine”: Same-sex desire in kamala das’s fiction and poetry

Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-126

  George, Rosemary Marangoly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84940545198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203951217-17     Document Type: Chapter

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