Ila Nagar

Being Janana (eBook, ePUB)

Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Being Janana focuses on same-sex desiring male-bodied subjects in Lucknow, India and explores how they make meaning in the marginalization of their desire through language performativity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000672862
• Artikelnr.: 58401385

Autorenporträt

Ila Nagar is Assistant Professor of Hindi and South Asian Cultures at The Ohio State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Entering the world of jananas
2. Janana stories: Living as a janana
3. Jananas and hijras: Perpetual conflict and attraction
4. The janana community of practice: How the janana world works
5. Negotiating identity through varying gender marking
6. To feel like a woman: Violence and formation of the janana subject
7. Janana subalterns
8. Epilogue.

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1. Introduction: Entering the world of jananas; 2. Janana stories: Living as a janana; 3. Jananas and hijras: Perpetual conflict and attraction; 4. The janana community of practice: How the janana world works; 5. Negotiating identity through varying gender marking; 6. To feel like a woman: Violence and formation of the janana subject; 7. Janana subalterns; 8. Epilogue.