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Junglee Girl (Revised)
Junglee Girl (Revised) | Ginu Kamani
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Fiction. Asia American Studies. Junglee, stemming from the Sanskrit root "junglee," is used in India to label the wild, the uncivilized, the untamed. Used most commonly as condemnation or censure, it aims to break the spirit of women yearning for personal power. The female protagonists in these eleven stories recklessly pursue their sensual paths through a complex social world that seeks to shut them out. With wily irreverence and a willful rawness, Kamani pulls back the veil of convention, inch by inch, and draws the reader into the disquieting truth of women's lives, charting territory both intimate and bizarre.
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Bertha_Mason

I'm kind of not okay since reading one of the stories, "The Cure." It was like an extremely claustrophobic, colorless nightmare that I couldn't wake up from, and it's still haunting me. The author did excellent work.

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batsy
Junglee Girl | Ginu Kamani
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"I'm not so nosey that I ask them questions or anything, but these ladies tell me anyway about why they like to be waxed down there." From one of the stories titled "Waxing the Thing" ? #hairthereandeverywhere #AndItsAugust @RealLifeReading

saresmoore 👏 7y
erzascarletbookgasm What an unusual book! 😃 7y
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Simona 👏👏👏😂😂😂 7y
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Bertha_Mason I can't wait to read your review. This book sounds great. 7y
batsy @Bertha_Mason @erzascarletbookgasm I read this many years ago. At the time I found it raunchy and funny, but flipping through it now I find that some of the satire seems to miss its mark. But still worth checking out, I think, if so inclined :) 7y
Bertha_Mason Thank you, I appreciate it. It's on my list now. 7y
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Mehso-so

#literaryworldtrip "Junglee" means wild and it is used to describe the protagonists of these stories, wo try to engage with their sexuality in a context where sexualized violence is normalized and female desire unspoken of. The stories meander between the realistic and the fairytale-esque, including a girl who cries 100 tears every day. The scope of the collection is limited and some scenes are be a bit disturbing, but still an interesting book.

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