Arundhati Roy: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

USA 2017, 440 pp., brochure, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
»The Ministry of Utmost Happiness« takes us on a journey of many years - the story spooling outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi to the forests of Central India, where, from time to time, »normalcy« is declared. The story has two main strands. One follows Anjum,who used to be Aftab, a hijra, or transwoman, struggling to make a ... Weiterlesen

Timothy Mo: Pure

UK 2012, 388 pp., hardbound, € 27.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Turnaround
Anglo-Chinese author Timothy Mo - with a string of Booker Prize nominations - slipped off the radar when he moved to the Far East and started to self-publish his work. »Pure« - his new book - is a morally ambiguous romp about Islamic jihad in South East Asia as seen through the eyes of a rumbustious Thai ladyboy. Snooky, a ... Weiterlesen

Manju Kapur: A Married Woman

UK 2011, 310 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Faber and Faber
Astha has everything an educated, middle-class woman could ask for: comfortable surroundings, children and a dutiful, loving husband. So why should she be consumed by a sense of unease and dissatisfaction? And when she begins a relationship with another woman, is she liberating herself from her marriage, past and culture - or foolishly jeopardising everything she has? Her husband genuinely ... Weiterlesen

Abha Dawesar: Babyji

USA 2005, 354 pp., brochure, € 23.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Anchor
Sexy, surprising, and subversively wise, »Babyji« is the story of Anamika Sharma, a spirited student growing up in Delhi. At school she is an ace at quantum physics. At home she sneaks off to her parents' scooter garage to read the Kamasutra. Before long she has seduced an elegant older divorcée and the family servant, and has caught the eye ... Weiterlesen

Ara Wilson: The Intimate Economies of Bangkok

USA 2004, 272 pp., brochure, € 22.79
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
This portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics during Bangkok's boom years uses case studies of women's and men's participation in a range of modern markets - department stores, go-go bars etc - the author chronicles the expansion of capitalist exchange into further reaches of Thai society. She shows how global economies have interacted with local systems to ... Weiterlesen

Devdutt Pattanaik: The Man Who Was a Woman

And Other Queer Tales of Hindu Lore. USA 2002, 164 pp., brochure, € 59.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
A god transforms into a nymph and enchants another god. A king becomes pregnant.A prince discovers on his wedding night that he is not a man. Another king has children who call him both father and mother. A hero turns into a eunuch and wears female apparel. A princess has to turn into a man before she can avenge her ... Weiterlesen

Youngyooth Thongkonthun (R): The Iron Ladies

Thailand 2001, OF, dt.SF, dt./engl.UT, 100 min., € 0.00
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
cmv
Die thailändische Volleyball-Bundesliga - eine harte Sportlerwelt der starken Sprüche. Ein ganz spezielles Team befindet sich hier auf dem Weg zur Landesmeisterschaft: Trainiert von der charismatischen Lesbe Bee pritschen und baggern in der Mannschaft Drag-Queen-Drillinge, ein transsexueller Bühnenstar, ein muskelbepackter Fingernagel- und Make Up-Spezialist (Soldat), ein stiller Prä-Coming Outler - all jene, die zwar sehr gut spielen, aber in den ... Weiterlesen
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