Ruth Vanita
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Ruth Vanita (1955-) is an Indian academic, activist and author who specializes in queer and gay studies.
In 1978 in Delhi, Vanita was co-founder of Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society, a pioneering journal that combined academic research and grassroots activism, and also co-editor from 1979 to 1990. [1] She was also an associate professor at Miranda House and in the English Department at the University of Delhi and now is an associate professor at the University of Montana. She is the co-editor of a book that explores the indigenous lesbian and gay heritage of South Asia. (Ayyar)
[edit] References
- Ayyar, Raj. "Reclaiming Gay India with Ruth Vanita," GayToday
- "Gay historians: Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai," QueerIndia, March 5, 2005 [2]
[edit] Major Publications
- Detha, Vijay Dan. Dilemma and Other Stories, translated by Ruth Vanita, Manushi Prakashan, 1997
- Yadav, Rajendra. Strangers on the Roof, translated by Ruth Vanita, Penguin India, 1994
- Vanita, Ruth. Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society
- Vanita, Ruth and Saleem Kidwai (eds.) (2000) Same-Sex love in India: Readings from Literature and History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-22169-X
Vanita, Ruth, A Play of Light: Selected Poems (Penguin India, 1994)
Vanita, Ruth, Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996)
Vanita, Ruth, Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the WEst (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan; New Delhi: Penguin India, 2005)
Vanita, Ruth, Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality and Culture (New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2006)
