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Erotic Literature in Nineteenth-Century Bali

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2002

Helen Creese  and
Laura Bellows
Helen Creese
Affiliation:
The University of Queensland
Laura Bellows
Affiliation:
The Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.
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Abstract

Two nineteenth-century Balinese genres in which the erotic predominates are epic kakawin poetry and tutur (religious manuals) on sexual yoga. The article points to the strong intertextual links between these diverse genres. Through their focus on practical sexual matters and on the pursuit of sexual pleasure as integral to spiritual growth, tutur and kakawin also offer insight into notions of gender and sexuality in nineteenth-century Bali.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , October 2002 , pp. 385 - 413
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© 2002 The National University of Singapore

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