This book explores queer potentialities in the tribal folktales of
India. It elucidates the queer elements in the oral narratives of
four indigenous communities from East and Northeast India, which
are found to be significant repositories of gender fluidity and
non-normative desires. Departing from the popular understanding
that ‘Otherness’ results largely from undue exposure to Western
permissiveness, the author reveals how minority sexualities
actually have their roots in aboriginal indigenous cultures and do
not necessarily constitute a mimicry of the West. The volume
endeavours to demystify the politics behind such vindictive
propagation to sensitize the queerphobic mainstream about the
essential endogenous presence of the queer in the spaces that are
aboriginal. Based on extensive interdisciplinary research, this
book is a first of its kind in the study of indigenous queer
narratives. It will be useful to scholars and researchers of queer
studies, gender studies, tribal and indigenous studies, literature,
cultural studies, postcolonialism, sociology, political studies and
South Asian studies.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge India
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Kaustav Chakraborty
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
198 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-55424-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-55424-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780367554248 |
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