Sexuality, Obscenity, Community » (1st Edition)

Charu Gupta is a Reader in History at the University of Delhi. She has published a number of articles on gender and Hindu nationalism.

Through analysis of an impressive array of "low" and "high" Hindi literature, particularly pamphlets, tracts, magazines and newspapers, compounded with archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu nationalism and community identity in the colonial period. The book offers an exceptionally nuanced account of Hindu gender politics.