Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex

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Author: Richard Crasta ISBN: 9781311758002
Publisher: Richard Crasta Publication: March 3, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Richard Crasta
ISBN: 9781311758002
Publisher: Richard Crasta
Publication: March 3, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

In this revised, first e-book edition of his controversial collection of personal and political essays, humor, and satire, the author of "The Revised Kama Sutra" comments on a range of subjects, from India's sexual confusion to the colonization of the Indian mind. Arguing for true freedom for Indians as well as for writers of Indian origin, he also discusses identity & nationalism.
The book's title is partly derived from two essays about Indian beauty queens and Indian beauty pageants, and partly from an essay in which the author describes how the arrival of children briefly impacted his own marital sex life.
This wide-ranging essay collection also examines such subjects American politics, men and women, the impact of Western feminism on Third World countries, and the effect of colonialism on the Indian mind. Published in hardcover by HarperCollins India, it was the author's second published book, and followed his widely published novel The Revised Kama Sutra, whose irreverence, idealism, no-sacred-cows humor, wordplay, and absurdity are also in evidence in this book.
This e-book edition contains new and previous unpublished essays.

Extracts from a few reviews:
--"His subjects inspire the sparkling best in him and his fine prose is as sparkling as ever with wit, racy yet refined."--Indian Express
--"Pungent, witty and incisive . . . leaves the reader surprised, provoked and sometimes outraged. Guaranteed to make a good read."-Press Trust of India.
--"After his best-selling The Revised Kama Sutra, Richard Crasta is back with another enjoyable book. Flippant and full of satire . . . full of subtle humor, the book takes a lighter look at contemporary India . . . telling it like it is--no holds barred. Not your average humour but a classy, welcome change. Get it."--Femina
--"Biting, cynical . . . zany sense of humour."-India Today

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In this revised, first e-book edition of his controversial collection of personal and political essays, humor, and satire, the author of "The Revised Kama Sutra" comments on a range of subjects, from India's sexual confusion to the colonization of the Indian mind. Arguing for true freedom for Indians as well as for writers of Indian origin, he also discusses identity & nationalism.
The book's title is partly derived from two essays about Indian beauty queens and Indian beauty pageants, and partly from an essay in which the author describes how the arrival of children briefly impacted his own marital sex life.
This wide-ranging essay collection also examines such subjects American politics, men and women, the impact of Western feminism on Third World countries, and the effect of colonialism on the Indian mind. Published in hardcover by HarperCollins India, it was the author's second published book, and followed his widely published novel The Revised Kama Sutra, whose irreverence, idealism, no-sacred-cows humor, wordplay, and absurdity are also in evidence in this book.
This e-book edition contains new and previous unpublished essays.

Extracts from a few reviews:
--"His subjects inspire the sparkling best in him and his fine prose is as sparkling as ever with wit, racy yet refined."--Indian Express
--"Pungent, witty and incisive . . . leaves the reader surprised, provoked and sometimes outraged. Guaranteed to make a good read."-Press Trust of India.
--"After his best-selling The Revised Kama Sutra, Richard Crasta is back with another enjoyable book. Flippant and full of satire . . . full of subtle humor, the book takes a lighter look at contemporary India . . . telling it like it is--no holds barred. Not your average humour but a classy, welcome change. Get it."--Femina
--"Biting, cynical . . . zany sense of humour."-India Today

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