Public Obscenities
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Public Obscenities

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Public Obscenities

About this book

Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

A complex and compelling bilingual play that examines the intersections of queerness and Indian-American identity.

When Indian-American graduate student Choton travels from the U.S. to his family’s home city of Kolkata to film interviews with the local queer community, he relishes acting as the local expert, especially in his role as interpreter between Bangla and English for his filmmaker boyfriend. Soon, though, Choton starts to question not only what he thinks he knows about queerness in India, but what both queerness and his Indian heritage mean for him. When a rediscovered roll of film reveals surprisingly intimate photographs of Choton’s austere grandfather (taken by whom?), Choton’s understanding of his family, both living and dead, starts to unravel. What follows is a mesmerizing examination of intercultural identity, asking audiences to reconsider what we mean when we call a place home.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Production History
  6. Characters
  7. A Note on Language
  8. 1. Film Studies
  9. 2. Research
  10. 3. Viewfinder
  11. 4. Room Tone
  12. 5. Expression
  13. 6. Hyandsome
  14. 7. Sensitive
  15. 8. Pleasure
  16. 9. Dinosaurs
  17. 10. Field Work
  18. 11. Becoming A Picture
  19. 12. Family Photo
  20. About the Author