01771nam a2200337Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020001500127040002100142035002100163050002400184100001800208245009800226250001200324260004300336300002500379504006600404505053100470533015201001650002301153650003001176650003801206655002901244710001701273856012601290999001701416ebr10135547CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||050324s2005    nyua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2005047571  z1403981604  z1403970386  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56019047814aHQ1033b.V36 2005eb1 aVanita, Ruth.10aLove's riteh[electronic resource] :bsame sex marriage in India and the West /cRuth Vanita.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2005.  axiii, 274 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-268) and index.0 aWho 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSame-sex marriage. 0aSame-sex marriagezIndia. 0aSame-sex marriagezUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135547zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c85551d85551