{"product_id":"the-ghazal-eros-by-shad-naved-9788196580315","title":"The Ghazal Eros","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old ghazal, i.e. the poetry of eros in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, has been read as great literature but seldom as a document of history. This book argues that there is one element – the expression of masculine passion for a masculine object – that has shaped the ghazal historically and across languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe neglect of this element, which it terms lyric queerness, in mainstream cultural history and even LGBTQ studies, screens from us a lyrical corpus that was historically aware, vernacularizing, and suspicious of other-worldly interpretations and is represented here by the ghazal of the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487596167404,"sku":"9788196580315","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8eec6f09e90a3e43e54da40ba658424c.jpg?v=1775772851","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-ghazal-eros-by-shad-naved-9788196580315","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}