{"product_id":"besharam-priya-alika-elias-9781641605076","title":"Besharam: On Love and Other Bad Behaviors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Elias is bold, more-so she is inquisitive. . . . This book is pithy, it's smart. I'm glad it exists.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Fariha R is n, author of \u003ci\u003eLike a Bird \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays by an emerging writer that touch on themes of family, culture, body image, sex, and feminism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesharam roughly translates to \"shameless\" in Hindi. This collection from Indian writer Priya-Alika Elias is a bold, sassy, and brilliantly written book on love, dating, body image, consent, and other issues that women today relate to and men should be thinking about. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias reflects on, and challenges, the ideas of how women are told by society to be humble, obedient, and ashamed of their actions and desires. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer writing is fresh, feminist, and thought-provoking, disrupting taboos and exploring what it means to be a young woman in today's world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Priya-Alika Elias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641605073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641605076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2021 pg. 69","brand":"Priya-Alika Elias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045478461695,"sku":"9781641605076","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c208754c-7563-4308-a074-de81675562bb.jpg?v=1684978993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/besharam-priya-alika-elias-9781641605076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}