Boyce, Paul and Khanna, Akshay (2011) Right and representations: querying the male-to-male sexual subject in India. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 13 (1). pp. 89-100. ISSN 1369-1058

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Same-sex sexualities in India have been portrayed in research and activism as socially marginal and minoritarian. Whilst proceeding from a commitment to the political utility of such a view, this paper questions such a standpoint. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in different sites, the paper considers male-to-male sexualities as enacted and implicated in the production of ostensibly heteronormative spaces. This, in turn, raises questions about the representation of the queer or same-sex sexual subject in law and HIV prevention, especially in the context of post-colonial perspectives on sexuality.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	sexuality; India; men who have sex with men; liminality; human rights
Schools and Departments:	School of Global Studies > Anthropology
Depositing User:	Paul Boyce
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 15:06
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2012 08:20
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10263

📧 Request an update