Love's rite same sex marriage in India and the West - Vanita, Ruth.; ebrary, Inc. (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
Who decides? Marriage law, the state, and mutual consent -- Is the spirit gendered? Fluid gender, sex-change, and same-sex marriage -- "Immortal longings": love-death, rebirth, and union through life after life -- A second self: traditions of romantic friendship -- Monstrous to miraculous: same-sex reproduction and parenting -- All in the family: same-sex relationships in traditional families -- "Married among their companions": female-female relations in pre-modern erotica -- Aspiring to union: twentieth-century cinema.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-268) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Same-sex marriage; Same-sex marriage -- India; Same-sex marriage -- United States; Electronic books