Dave Naisargi N. Dave

Queer Activism in India (eBook, PDF)

A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

In Queer Activism in India, Naisargi Dave examines the formation of lesbian communities in India from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with activist organizations in Delhi, a body of letters written by lesbian women, and research with lesbian communities and queer activist groups across the country, Dave studies the everyday practices that constitute queer activism in India.Dave argues that activism is an ethical practice comprised of critique, invention, and relational practice. Her analysis investigates the relationship between the ethics of activism and the existing social norms and conditions from which activism emerges. Through her study of different networks and institutions, Dave documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists' goals have been accomplished. Dave's book addresses a relevant and timely phenomenon and makes an important contribution to the anthropology of queer communities, social movements, affect, and ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822395683
• Artikelnr.: 54789195

Autorenporträt

Naisargi N. Dave is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Rendering Real the Imagined 33
2. Within Limits, Freedom 61
3. Virtuous Women, Radical Ethics, and New Regimes of Value 97
4. Public "Emergence" 137
5. To Be Lawful, to Be Just 167
Appendix. Cast of Organizations 205
Notes 207
References 235
Index 253