With a profound academic understanding, the book explores how historical shifts—particularly the rise of patriarchy and the evolution of religious perspectives—have led to a societal repression of sexuality, despite South Asia’s…
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Breaking taboos: Unpacking sex, desire, and patriarchy in South Asia
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Tulasi Acharya, PhD, MFA, PhD, MFA
Novelist, memoirist, poet, and professor of English at South Georgia State College. Recipient of the 2026 Georgia Independent Author Award in Memoir for 'Like Water on Leaves of Taro'.
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