{"product_id":"gender-sexuality-decolonization-south-asia-in-the-world-perspective-9780367691912","title":"Gender, Sexuality, Decolonization: South Asia in the World Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book offers a new perspective on non-normative sexuality and gender transgressive modes in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora by examining the role of historical contingency, postcolonial sexual politics, and gender and sexual diversity. It combines anthropological, historical, material, and political analyses across various local, regional, and global contexts, discussing topics such as culture, class, ethnicity, identity, intersectionality, migration, borders, diaspora, modernity, and cosmopolitanism. The book utilizes southern\/non-Western and subaltern theorizations of gender and sexuality to explore South Asian sexualities through issues such as sexual politics of indeterminacy, sexual subculture, iconography, political decision-making, religious identity, queer South Asian diaspora, decolonizing the postcolonial body, sexual politics, gender, and feminist debates, discrimination, and socio-political violence. It also builds forms of dialogues to bridge the gap between academic and development practitioners. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 308 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 September 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on understanding non-normative sexuality and gender transgressive modes in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. It reimagines sexual representation by examining the theoretical, political, and empirical trajectories of decolonization, provincialization, and neoliberalism, focusing on the role of historical contingency, postcolonial sexual politics, and gender and sexual diversity. The volume brings together a diverse range of anthropological, historical, material, and political analyses around South Asian sexual politics, exploring various themes such as culture, class, ethnicity, identity, intersectionality, migration, borders, diaspora, modernity, and cosmopolitanism across local, regional, and global contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy employing southern\/non-Western and subaltern theorizations of gender and sexuality, the book delves into South Asian sexualities through critical issues such as the sexual politics of indeterminacy, sexual subcultures, iconography, and political decision-making. It also examines religious identity, queer South Asian diasporas, decolonizing the postcolonial body, sexual politics, gender, and feminist debates, discrimination, and socio-political violence. Additionally, the book explores the political economy of empowerment and critical appropriation of the 377 Indian Penal Code.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo bridge the gap between academic and development practitioners, the book fosters dialogue through diverse case studies and a novel theoretical framework. It is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in South Asian studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology, social anthropology, political studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial and global south studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 453g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780367691912\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44646949159162,"sku":"9780367691912","price":42.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1697218902313_book.jpg?v=1697577262","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/gender-sexuality-decolonization-south-asia-in-the-world-perspective-9780367691912","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}