Love and Reparation - A Theatrical Response to the Section 377 Litigation in India (Paperback)

Two plays about the legal battle to decriminalize homosexuality in India. On September 6, 2018, a decades-long battle to decriminalize queer intimacy in India came to an end. The Supreme Court of India ruled that Section 377, the colonial anti-sodomy law, violated the country's constitution. "LGBT persons," the Court said, "deserve to live a life unshackled from the shadow of being 'unapprehended felons.'" But how definitive was this end? How far does the law's shadow fall? How clear is the line between the past and the future? What does it mean to live with full sexual citizenship? In Love and Reparation, Danish Sheikh navigates these questions with a deft interweaving of the legal, the personal, and the poetic. The two plays in this volume leap across court transcripts, affidavits (real and imagined), archival research, and personal memoir. Through his re-staging, Sheikh crafts a genre-bending exploration of a litigation battle, and a celebration of defiant love that burns bright in the shadow of the law.

General

Imprint:	Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Pride List
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Danish Sheikh
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-0-85742-750-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85742-750-4
Barcode:	9780857427502

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