{"product_id":"love-in-a-different-climate","title":"Love in a Different Climate","description":"In this carefully researched and finely written work, Jeremy Seabrook deals with subjects rarely discussed in Western narratives about South Asia. Going beyond a straightforward contextualisation of the \u003ci\u003egatoei\u003c\/i\u003e (lady-boys) in Thailand and the \u003ci\u003ehijara\u003c\/i\u003e (eunuchs) of India, he unravels the less familiar and more complex territory of homosexual and homoerotic encounters in general, and asks how valid Western models of sexual identity are in the South Asian context, and how effective they might be in dealing with global issues of sexual health, HIV awareness and gender politics.\u003cbr\u003eMuch of the book is based on interviews which reveal the extent of the complexity at play: wives who traditionally vacate the marital bed to accommodate their husbands’ friends; \u003ci\u003ekotis\u003c\/i\u003e—”passive” male sex partners of men—many of whom will be married but see their relations with the \u003ci\u003ekotis\u003c\/i\u003e as fulfilling their destinies as males; the fundamentalist politicians who curse the Western influence of “gay liberation” and continue to justify the punishment of life imprisonment for homosexuality; and the activist groups who are working towards a clearer and more helpful understanding of contemporary issues.\u003cbr\u003eThe first work of its kind on India, \u003ci\u003eLove in a Different Climate\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how a traditional shrouding in mystery of sexual difference is slowly but surely giving way to a more open and essentially local celebration of that difference.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"hardback","offer_id":50192204759317,"sku":"nec1789934351606","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/5349\/8645\/files\/love-in-a-different-climate_1.jpg?v=1789934356","url":"https:\/\/zenmatfitk.shop\/products\/love-in-a-different-climate","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}