the courtesan, the dandy, and the birth of ars erotica as theater in India /
Sanjay K. Gautam.
London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2016.
xiv, 282 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-271) and index.
Foucault and the notion of ars erotica: pleasure as desubjectivation -- Pleasure and patriarchy: the discourse of dharma and the figure of the wife -- The courtesan and the birth of ars erotica as theater -- The courtesan and the origins of the Nāṭyaśāstra: from ars erotica to ars theatrica -- The dandy-guru and the birth of the discourses of erotics and theater -- The city dandy and the vision of the city based on art -- Foucault and the Kāmasūtra: parting ways.