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Love's Rite

By Vanita Ruth

Love's Rite Partnership & Love

Love's Rite

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Long before the debate on marriage equality began, young, non-English speaking, low-income female couples all over India got married by religious rites or committed joint suicide, which they considered being 'married in death.' These women had no contact with any movement and had never heard words like 'lesbian' or 'gay.' While many families, in collusion with police, violently separated the couples, several families also supported their daughters.

Love's Rite, first published in 2005, is the first and still the only book-length study of these unions, starting with one reported in 1980. The book argues that the couples asserted--and today still assert--their right to be together, using an age-old language of love understood by Indians. Vanita explores Indian religious, legal, and literary traditions that provide spaces for same-sex and other socially disapproved unions.

While many recent high-profile Indian weddings have been reported as the 'first' of their kind, Love's Rite celebrates the unsung pioneers and martyrs of the struggle for marriage equality.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
376
Release Date:
2021-08-01
Publication Date:
2021-08-01
Publisher:
Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0144000598
ISBN13:
9780144000593
Weight:
326 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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