The Ambiguities of Recognition

Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India

Maria Tononi

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Description

What does recognition mean for people whose sexuality has for a long time been criminalised?
In recent years, the status of queer sexuality in India has been the focus of legal and social contestations. This thesis analyses the everyday negotiations of young queer people living in Delhi. Focusing on a period of time where same-sex sexualities had been officially recognised for the first time, this thesis raises questions about how recognition, sexuality, and subjectivity are lived and experienced in practice in a period characterised simultaneously by high hopes and pervading insecurity.

Additional information

Weight 482 g
Dimensions 15 × 155 × 220 mm
Language

English

Number of pages

256

Publication year

2016

Format

Paperback

ISBN

978-91-7623-777-9