Foucault and the Kamasutra : the courtesan, the dandy, and the birth of ars erotica as theater in India /
Gautam, Sanjay K.(Sanjay Kumar),author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-271) and index.
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.
Vātsyāyana.
Bharata Muni.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Kāmasūtra (Vātsyāyana)
Nāṭyaśāstra (Bharata Muni)
Erotic literature, Indic
Courtesans in literature.
Dandies in literature.
Theater
Aesthetics, Indic.
Pleasure
Sex
Sex
Aesthetics, Indic.
Courtesans in literature.
Dandies in literature.
Erotic literature, Indic.
Pleasure
Sex.
Sex
Theater