This volume of new interdisciplinary essays provides insights into the emerging field of masculinities and the challenges it poses to the Indian male. Masculinities research has evolved considerably and demonstrates that men are not an homogenous group but are instead diverse--there are many "masculinities." Manliness can no longer be studied from just a North American or European perspective but from those of every part of the world. Covering an array of topics such as the construction of identity and the negotiation of power and sexuality, these essays aim to show how masculinities are experienced and embodied within India.…mehr
This volume of new interdisciplinary essays provides insights into the emerging field of masculinities and the challenges it poses to the Indian male. Masculinities research has evolved considerably and demonstrates that men are not an homogenous group but are instead diverse--there are many "masculinities." Manliness can no longer be studied from just a North American or European perspective but from those of every part of the world. Covering an array of topics such as the construction of identity and the negotiation of power and sexuality, these essays aim to show how masculinities are experienced and embodied within India.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rohit K Dasgupta is associate lecturer and doctoral student at the University of the Arts London. He lives in London, England. The late K. Moti Gokulsing was a retired reader and senior visiting research fellow, University of East London. He was the founder and co-editor of the journal, South Asian Popular Culture and lived in London.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword-Ruth Vanita Introduction: Perceptions of Masculinity and Challenges to the Indian Male-Rohit K. Dasgupta and K. Moti Gokulsing "Sane Sex," the Five-Year Plan Hero and Men on Footpaths and in Gated Communities: On the Cultures of Twentieth-Century Masculinity-Sanjay Srivastava Critical Masculinity Studies in India-Mangesh Kulkarni If Singularity Is the Problem, Could Intersectionality Be the Solution? Exploring the Mediation of Sexuality on Masculinity-Roshan das Nair Bearly Indian: "Fat" Gay Men's Negotiation of Embodiment, Culture and Masculinity-Pranta Pratik Patnaik The Nation as Mimicry: The (Mis)reading of Colonial Masculinities in India-Kama Maureemootoo Mobilizing for Sexual Health: The Experience of Queer Indian Men in London-David A. Ansari Masculinities of Desire, Derision and De¿ance: Global Gay Femmephobia and Kothi-Hijra-Trans Heterosexualities-Aniruddha Dutta Corporal Punishment: English and Homosocial Tactility in Postcolonial Bengal-Niladri R. Chatterjee Of Girmitiyas and Mimic Men: Alternative Masculinity in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas-Vishnupriya Sengupta Gay Writing and the Idea of Doubleness-Akhil Katyal Negotiations of Masculinity in Ritwik Ghatak's Partition Trilogy-Tanmayee Banerjee Masculinizing the (Post)colonial Subject: The Amar Chitra Katha Comic Book-Sayantan Dasgupta Rethinking the Circuits of Male Desire Across Multiple Dostanas-Dashini Jeyathurai About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword-Ruth Vanita Introduction: Perceptions of Masculinity and Challenges to the Indian Male-Rohit K. Dasgupta and K. Moti Gokulsing "Sane Sex," the Five-Year Plan Hero and Men on Footpaths and in Gated Communities: On the Cultures of Twentieth-Century Masculinity-Sanjay Srivastava Critical Masculinity Studies in India-Mangesh Kulkarni If Singularity Is the Problem, Could Intersectionality Be the Solution? Exploring the Mediation of Sexuality on Masculinity-Roshan das Nair Bearly Indian: "Fat" Gay Men's Negotiation of Embodiment, Culture and Masculinity-Pranta Pratik Patnaik The Nation as Mimicry: The (Mis)reading of Colonial Masculinities in India-Kama Maureemootoo Mobilizing for Sexual Health: The Experience of Queer Indian Men in London-David A. Ansari Masculinities of Desire, Derision and De¿ance: Global Gay Femmephobia and Kothi-Hijra-Trans Heterosexualities-Aniruddha Dutta Corporal Punishment: English and Homosocial Tactility in Postcolonial Bengal-Niladri R. Chatterjee Of Girmitiyas and Mimic Men: Alternative Masculinity in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas-Vishnupriya Sengupta Gay Writing and the Idea of Doubleness-Akhil Katyal Negotiations of Masculinity in Ritwik Ghatak's Partition Trilogy-Tanmayee Banerjee Masculinizing the (Post)colonial Subject: The Amar Chitra Katha Comic Book-Sayantan Dasgupta Rethinking the Circuits of Male Desire Across Multiple Dostanas-Dashini Jeyathurai About the Contributors Index
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