Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India
Parmesh Shahani, "Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India"
English | 2008 | pages: 351 | ISBN: 0761936483 | PDF | 1,2 mb
English | 2008 | pages: 351 | ISBN: 0761936483 | PDF | 1,2 mb
Using a combination of multi-sited ethnography, textual analysis, historical documentation analysis, and memoir writing, the author provides macro and micro perspectives on what it means to be a gay man located in Gay Bombay at a particular point in time. Specifically, he explores what being gay means to members of Gay Bombay and how they negotiate locality and globalization, their sense of identity as well as a feeling of community within its online/offline world. On a broader level, he critically examines the formulation and reconfiguration of contemporary Indian gayness in the light of its emergent cultural, media, and political alliances.
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