Sexualities
Published in May 2007
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-84277-869-2 (ISBN)
Description
While sexual violence is an area that is well mapped by feminist scholarship, this volume will focus on transgressive and/or marginalized sexualities. It will bring together writings on India that have highlighted the transgression of norms - of heterosexuality, of feminine and masculine behaviour, of recognizably gendered bodies, that declare ungoverned desire to be illegitimate. Also included is a section of select documents from different sexuality movements in the country. This book is part of the series of "Issues in Indian Feminism". The other books in the series are: "Gender & Caste" edited by Anupama Rao, "Feminism in India" edited by Maitreyee Chaudhuri, "Dowry & Inheritance" edited by Srimati Basu.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84277-869-2 (9781842778692)
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Person
NIVEDITA MENON is a feminist scholar and political theorist, who has published widely in Indian and international academic journals. She is a Reader in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi and is the author of Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law, (University of Illinois Press and Permanent Black, Delhi). She is also editor of Gender and Politics in India (Oxford University Press, 1999).
Content
Introduction Counter-hegemonies 1. Outing Heteronormativity: Nation, Citizen, Feminist Disruptions - Nivedita Menon 2. Queer Struggles Against the Law: The Contemporary Context - Arvind Narrain, Chapter IV from Queer. Despised Sexuality, law and Social Change, Books for Change, Bangalore 2004. 3. Complicating Gender. Rights of Transsexuals in India - Ashwini Sukhtankar in Narrain and Bhan ed Because I have a Voice Yoda Press, Delhi, 2005 4. 'Rescaling Transnational 'Queerdom': Lesbian and 'Lesbian' Identitary-Positionalities in Delhi in the 1980s* - Paola Bacchetta, Antipode 2002 5. Heteronormativity in Educational Institutions - Tarun Psychological Foundations Dalit Women 6. Marriage, Sexuality and Motherhood - Fernando Franco, Jyotsna Macwan and Suguna Ramanathan, Chapter from The Silken Swing. The Cultural Universe of Dalit Women, Stree, Calcutta, 2000 Masculinities 7. From Violence to Supportive Practice. Family, Gender and Masculinities - Radhika Chopra Economic and Political Weekly April 26, 2003 8. Holi in Banaras and the Mahaland of Modernity - Lawrence Cohen, GLQ Vol 2 1995. Pleasure and Desire 9. Pleasure me safely, can you? - Radhika Chandiramani Psychological Foundations: the Journal Vol V (1) June 2003 10a. On the Far Side of Memory short story - Lalitambika Antarjanam translated by J Devika with an accompanying paper. 10b. Lust for Life: Desire in Lalitambika Antarjanam's Writings - J Devika 11. Lustful Women, Elusive Lovers: Identifying Males as Objects of Female Desire - Prem Chowdhry in Re-Searching Indian Women - ed. Vijaya Ramaswamy Manohar Delhi 2003 12. Drag King/Queen - Georgina L Maddox Scripts No 6 Nov 2004 Movement Documents 1. Statement of Women's Groups Against Ban on Dance Bars in Mumbai 2005 - (Saheli Newsletter Jan-April 2005) 2. Tirupati Statement on lesbians and the women's movement 3. Tribute to Siddharth Gautam 4. Leaflet: "Sexual Minorities (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Hijra people) Fight Against Police Atrocities" - ALF, Bangalore 5. Letter to NHRC on "aversion therapy" as human rights violation, Students and Faculty of National Law School, Bangalore - (Published as Appendix in Arvind Narrain Queer. Despised Sexuality, Law and Social Change Books for Change, Bangalore, 2004) 6. Statement seeking distinction between Section 377 and Child Sexual Abuse - Voices Against 377 7. ABVA petition against Sec 377 - Shobha Agarwal, Humjinsi 8. Campaign Letter for Repeal of Section 377 FAOW, ICHRL - Stree Sangam, Humjinsi 9. IAWS Resolution on Section 377 Goa 2005 10. Sexuality and Fundamentalism: Exploring Linkages, Confronting Challenges - Voices Against 377 11. Concept paper on Muslim Women and Sexuality - MWRN (India), Awaz-e-Niswan, Sabah and Safra Project Workshop on Muslim Women and Sexuality, WSF Mumbai January 2004