Queer Activism in India A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics

Name: Queer Activism in India A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics
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ISBN: 9780822353195

ISBN-10: 0822353199

ISBN-13: 9780822353195

Edition: 2012

Authors: Naisargi N. Davï¿½

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InQueer 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…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Rendering Real the Imagined



Within Limits, Freedom



Virtuous Women, Radical Ethics, and New Regimes of Value



Public "Emergence"



To Be Lawful, to Be Just


Appendix. Cast of Organizations


Notes


References


Index