num_pages: 287
description: This is the first book to examine the same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides reported in India over the last two decades. Ruth Vanita examines these cases in the context of a wide variety of same-sex unions, from Fourteenth-century narratives about co-wives who miraculously produce a child together, to Nineteenth-century depictions of ritualized unions between women, to marriages between gay men and lesbians arranged over the internet. Examining the changing legal, literary, religious and social Indian and Euro-American traditions within which same-sex unions are embedded, she brings a fresh perspective to the gay marriage debate, suggesting that same-sex marriage dwells not at the margins but at the heart of culture. Love's Rites by Ruth Vanita is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.
language: English
title: Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West
titlecomplete: Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West
genres: Queer, LGBT, Nonfiction, India, History
ratings_count: 24
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Studies
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan