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Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India

Author : Pushpesh Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000415880
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India written by Pushpesh Kumar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores existing and emerging sexual cultures of contemporary India and the predicaments faced by abjected and sexual marginalities. It traces the sexual politics within popular culture, literary genres, advertisement, consumerism, globalizing cities, social movements, law, scientific research, the Hijra community life, (alternative) families and kinship and sites that define the cultural other whose sexual practices or identities fall beyond normative moral conventions. The chapters examine a range of connected sociological and political issues including questions of agency, judgments around intimate sexual relationships, the role of the state, popular understandings of adolescent romance, notion of legitimacy and stigma, moral policing and resistance, body politics and marginality, representations in popular and folk culture, sexual violence and freedom, problems with historiography, structural inequalities, queer erotica, gay consumerism, Hijra suicides and marriage and divorce. The volume also proposes certain transformative possibilities towards envisioning and (re)scripting sexual equalities. This interdisciplinary book will be important for those interested in sexuality studies, queer studies, gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, law, history, literature and Global South studies as well as policymakers, civil society activists and nongovernmental organizations working in the area.

Sexualities

Author : Nivedita Menon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Sexualities written by Nivedita Menon and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sexual violence is an area that is well mapped by feminist scholarship, this volume focuses on transgresive and marginalised sexualities. It brings together writings on India that highlight the transgression of norms-of heterosexuality. Of geminist and mascline behaviour, of recognisably gendered bodies-that declare ungovermed desire to be illegitinate. Sexualities also includes a selection of campaign documents from diverse sexuality movements in the country.

Research Handbook on Feminist Political Thought

Author : Mary Caputi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800889135
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on Feminist Political Thought written by Mary Caputi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrating the collective power and relevance of feminist theory today, Mary Caputi and Patricia Moynagh have carefully selected a diverse international range of leading scholars and activists to critically assess key social and political challenges in the twenty-first century. This Research Handbook demonstrates a variety of feminist analyses that offer compelling insights into an array of topics, including police brutality, the carceral state, racial and sexualised violence, trans rights, climate change, and the denial of reproductive rights.

Feminist Psychologies

Author : U. Vindhya
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040006469
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Psychologies written by U. Vindhya and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to be a comprehensive resource that will apprise readers of the complex dynamics of the psychological interiors of women and others in the sex and gender spectrum, as they grapple with sociopolitical and cultural constraints. Going beyond the ambit of mainstream psychology, this volume draws from interdisciplinary fields of women’s/gender studies to highlight power imbalances, their intersectional nature, and the ways in which they shape the psychology of gender relations. The book illuminates three focal themes of identities, well-being, and relations, which illustrate the psychological, contextualised in the backdrop of social, political, and cultural developments in contemporary India. The first theme explores the building of identities in the changing dynamics of work–family interfaces, non-normative sexualities, and genders and the intersections of caste, gender, and social hierarchies. The second theme focuses on the gendering of mental health, including the intervention of feminist counselling. The third theme highlights conceptualisations and practices of masculinities and the role of agency, empowerment, and collective action in the pathways to equitable gender relations and social transformation. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers of psychology, and of women’s/gender studies. It will also be useful for anyone who is interested to learn about recent psychological scholarship in India, informed and imbued with a feminist perspective on women as well as other genders.

Coronasphere

Author : Chandan Kumar Sharma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000812049
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Coronasphere written by Chandan Kumar Sharma and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a broad overview of the challenges posed by COVID-19 in India and its neighboring countries. It studies the differing responses to COVID-19 infections across South Asia, the variegated impact of the pandemic on its societies, communities and economies, and emerging challenges which require an interdisciplinary understanding and analysis. With a range of case studies from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, this book, Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors; Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic; Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+, transgender, Dalit, tribal, senior citizens, and other marginalized communities during the pandemic; Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls, combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, geographical location, and sexual orientation; Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries, and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well, in response to COVID-19. A holistic read on the pandemic, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, medical anthropology, sociology of health, pandemic and health studies, political studies, social anthropology, public policy, and South Asian studies.

Quest for Love in Central Morocco

Author : Laura Menin
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 081565703X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Quest for Love in Central Morocco written by Laura Menin and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 2011 wave of revolutions and protests in North Africa and the Middle East, new discussions of individual freedoms emerged in the Moroccan public sphere and human rights discourse. A segment of the public rallied aroundthe removal of an article in the penal code that punished sexual relationships outside of marriage. As debates about personal and sexual freedom gain momentum, love and intimacy remain complex issues. Moving between public, clandestine, and online interactions, Quest for Love in Central Morocco explores the creative ways young women navigate desire and morality. Menin’s ethnography focuses on young women living in the low-income and lower-middle-class neighborhoods of a midsized town in Central Morocco, far from the overt influence of city life. At the heart of the book, Menin draws upon ideas of "love" as an ethnographic object and source of theoretical examination. She demonstrates that love, as a complex cultural and historical phenomenon shaped through intersecting socioeconomic and political developments, is crucial in thinking through generational changes and debates in Morocco and the Middle East more broadly. What is at stake in the quest for love, she argues, is not only the making of gendered selves and intimate relationships, but also the imagination of social and political life.

The Oxford Handbook of Caste

Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198896735
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Caste written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the 1990s, the subject of caste has seen a profound increase in interest among scholars. What was until then approached as a fossilized tradition of the ritual-obsessed Hindus refusing to see the progressive spirits of the emerging world and studied as a branch of anthropology, suddenly began to be seen as a complex reality deeply embedded in a range of institutions and social practices, attracting scholars from a wide range of disciplines—sociology, political science, history, literature, and even economics. Underlying this opening of the subject of caste were many factors: epistemic, empirical, and political. Caste is no longer approached through the classical binaries of 'traditional' and 'modern'; the 'East' and the 'West'; or the 'closed' and 'open' systems of stratification. With the growing consolidation of caste-based identities among those ranked lower down in the hierarchy since the 1990s, raising questions of citizenship and dignity, the subject has acquired a new salience. As the emerging research shows, the realities of caste on the ground have always been diverse across regions, often contested and ever changing. This Handbook presents a wide range of essays written by authors representing diverse academic disciplines and perspectives, bringing together the emerging trends in the research, imaginations, and lived realities of caste.

Environment and Sustainable Development

Author : Manish K. Verma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000486397
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Environment and Sustainable Development written by Manish K. Verma and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective. With its case studies from across the world, including countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United States, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, and Kenya, it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice, queer ecology, mountain cultures, incarceration, energy strategies, mining tourism, pollution control mechanisms, social impacts of oil and gas production, contract farming, gender mainstreaming, climate change, and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy, leisure, well-being, development, sexuality, sustainability and environmental education. The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities, discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times, and underscores the importance of a just, people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development. Lucid and topical, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, development studies, sustainable development, political studies, sociology, and political economy. It will also interest policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development, climate issues and SDGs.

Queering India

Author : Ruth Vanita
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135305889
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Queering India written by Ruth Vanita and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queering India is the first book to provide an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected topic. The topics are wide-ranging, considering film, literature, popular culture, historical and religious texts, law and other aspects of life in India. Specifically, the essays cover such issues as Deepa Mehta's recent and controversial film, Fire, which focused on lesbian relationships in India; the Indian penal code which outlaws homosexual acts; a case of same-sex love and murder in colonial India; homophobic fiction and homoerotic advertising in current day India; and lesbian subtext in Hindu scripture. All of the essays are original to the collection. Queering India promises to change the way we understand India as well as gay and lesbian life and sexuality around the world.

Pandemic of Perspectives

Author : Rimple Mehta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000728412
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Pandemic of Perspectives written by Rimple Mehta and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together academics, activists, social work practitioners, poets, and artists from different parts of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. It sheds light on how the pandemic has exposed the inequities in society and is shaping social institutions, affecting human relationships, and creating new norms with each passing day. It examines how people from diverse societies and fields of work have come to conceptualise and imagine a new world order based on the principles of social and ecological justice, care, and human dignity. It prioritises the realm of imagination, creativity, and affect in understanding social formations and in shaping societies beyond the positivist approaches. Documenting the myriad experiences and responses to the pandemic, the volume foregrounds varied processes of making meaning; understanding impulses, resistances, and coping mechanisms; and building solidarities. Further, it also acts as a tool of memory for future generations, and articulations- artistic, political, socio-cultural, scientific- of hope and perseverance. This spectrum of expressions intends to value visceral experiences, build solidarities, and find solace in art. Its uniqueness lies in the way it brings together a much-needed interface between science, social sciences, and humanities. A compelling account on our contemporary lives, the volume will be of great interest to scholars of sociology and social anthropology, politics, art and aesthetics, psychology, social work, literature, health, and medical sciences.

Queer sexualities in Indian Culture : Critical Responses

Author : Dipak Giri
Publisher : Booksclinic Publishing, Chhattisgarh, India
ISBN 13 : 9390192935
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Queer sexualities in Indian Culture : Critical Responses written by Dipak Giri and published by Booksclinic Publishing, Chhattisgarh, India. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology Queer Sexualities in Indian Culture: Critical Responses surveys the queer (LGBTQIA+) space in Indian culture in reference to literature, movies and other important media of culture. Shedding light on the marginalised position of queer in Indian culture, the anthology seeks sympathy for this minority class of people from majorities. It traces out factors like gender stereotype, body politics, prejudism etc. causing these minorities to lead a life of invisibility. Along with a critical introduction and an interview with queer activist and author Ruth Vanita, the anthology has covered sixteen well-explored articles through which authors have tried to sincerely articulate their noble ideas on queer studies in Indian context. The book will be helpful not only for readers who want to know about Indian queers but also prove resourceful to scholars who intend to do further studies on it.

(Hi)Stories of Desire

Author : Rajeev Kumaramkandath
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108494412
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book (Hi)Stories of Desire written by Rajeev Kumaramkandath and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws upon multi-disciplinary frameworks of analysis to provide an account of the making of sexual cultures in modern India.

Digital Queer Cultures in India

Author : Rohit K. Dasgupta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351800582
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Digital Queer Cultures in India written by Rohit K. Dasgupta and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexuality in India offers an expression of nationalist anxieties and is a significant marker of modernity through which subjectivities are formed among the middle class. This book investigates the everyday experience of queer Indian men on digital spaces. It explores how queer identities are formed in virtual spaces and how the existence of such spaces challenge and critique ‘Indian’-ness. It also looks at the role of class and intimacy within the discourse. This work argues that new media, social networking sites (SNSs), both web and mobile, and related technologies do not exist in isolation; rather they are critically embedded within other social spaces. Similarly, online queer spaces exist parallel to and in conjunction with the larger queer movement in the country. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of gender studies, especially men's and masculinity studies, queer and LGBT studies, media and cultural studies, particularly new media and digital culture, sexuality and identity, politics, sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian studies.

The Phobic and the Erotic

Author : Brinda Bose
Publisher : Berg Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Phobic and the Erotic written by Brinda Bose and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive assessment of the diverse sexual practices of India: transsexual, homosexual and heterosexual.

Queer Politics in India: Towards Sexual Subaltern Subjects

Author : Shraddha Chatterjee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351713566
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Queer Politics in India: Towards Sexual Subaltern Subjects written by Shraddha Chatterjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queer Politics in India simultaneously tells two interconnected stories. The first explores the struggle against violence and marginalization by queer people in the Indian subcontinent, and places this movement towards equality and inclusion in relation to queer movements across the world. The second story, about a lesbian suicide in a small village in India, interrupts the first one, and together, these two stories push and pull the book to elucidate the failure and promise of queer politics, in India and the rest of the world. This book emerges at a critical time for queer politics and activism in India, exploring the contemporary queer subject through the different lenses of critical psychology, Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist and queer theory, and cultural studies in its critique of the constructions of discourses of ‘normal’ sexuality. It also examines how power determines further segregations of ‘abnormal’ sexuality into legitimate and illegitimate queer subjectivities and authentic and inauthentic queer experiences. By allowing a multifaceted and engaged critique to emerge that demonstrates how the idea of a universal queer subject fails lower class, lower caste queer subjects, and queer people of colour, the author expertly highlights how all queer people are not the same, even within queer movements, as the book asks the questions, "which queer subject does queer politics fight for?", and, "what is the imagination of a queer subject in queer politics?" This hugely important and timely work is relevant across many disciplines, and will be useful for students of psychology and other academic areas, as well as researchers and activist organizations.

Because I Have a Voice

Author : Arvind Narrain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788190227223
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Because I Have a Voice written by Arvind Narrain and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book with 27 articles is the first organised literary effort on the part of the gay community to assert itself in a world which still sees same-sex love as queer . The contributors to the anthology come from within the gay community, and hail from distant corners of the country.

In Pursuit of the Good Life

Author : Jocelyn Lim Chua
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520281160
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of the Good Life written by Jocelyn Lim Chua and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2014-03-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once celebrated as a model development for its progressive social indicators, the southern Indian state of Kerala has earned the new distinction as the nation’s suicide capital, with suicide rates soaring to triple the national average since 1990. Rather than an aberration on the path to development and modernity, Keralites understand this crisis to be the bitter fruit borne of these historical struggles and the aspirational dilemmas they have produced in everyday life. Suicide, therefore, offers a powerful lens onto the experiential and affective dimensions of development and global change in the postcolonial world. In the long shadow of fear and uncertainty that suicide casts in Kerala, living acquires new meaning and contours. In this powerful ethnography, Jocelyn Chua draws on years of fieldwork to broaden the field of vision beyond suicide as the termination of life, considering how suicide generates new ways of living in these anxious times.