دانلود کتاب THE QUEER AND THE VERNACULAR LANGUAGES IN INDIA

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Indian Vernaculars and the Queer: An Introduction
Contested Classifications
Theorizing through the Vernacular
Queer and the Bhasa Literature
Reel, Real and the Virtual
Deciphering the Dearth
Voicing the Regional Queer in Vernacular
Methodology and Politics of the Book
Limitations and Possibilities
How the Horned Owls Originated
Coda
Notes
References
Part I: Vernacular Vocabularies and Expressions of the Regional Queer
Chapter 1: Laingik Alpasankhya and Queer Identities in the Present-Day Marathi Language
Introduction
The Need for Conceptualizing Queerness in the Present-Day Marathi Language
Laingik Alpasankhya —What It Is
The Philosophical Substance of Laingik
The Philosophical Substance of Alpasankhya
Universality by Translative Possibilities
In Lieu of a Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 2: Queer in Karnataka: Exploring Male Same-Sex Sexualities in the Non-Metropolitan
Introduction
Field Sites and Methodology
The Non-Metropolitan Space
Visibilities, the Internet and the Non-Metropolitan
Mobilities, Technology and the Regional Geographies of Sex
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 3: A Hidden Language That Reveals a Distinct Culture: Revisiting the Lingua Franca of the Hijra Community
Introduction
Critics on the Hijra Lingo
Geo-space and Methods
Conjectures and Contemplations
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part II: LGBTQ+ and the Regional Literature
Chapter 4: Precarious Lives, Fraught Selves: Tirunangai Autobiographies in Tamil
A. Revathi: The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story
Tanuja: An Autobiography, An Eezham Tirunangai’s Journey and Struggle
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 5: ‘They’ Are Queer: Transgressing Gender Normativity in Vernacular Assamese Literature
Transgressive Sexuality: Daring to Explore
Reclaiming Sexual Identities in Oxomiya Golpos
Confinement, Resistance and Queer: Subverting Performative Gender
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 6: Urdu and the Queer Consciousness
Introduction
Queerness of Urdu Literature: Arabic and Persian Connections
Queerness of Urdu Literature: Sufi Turn and other Influences
Homoerotic Urdu: Poets and Their Poetry
Urdu Literature: The Centrality of the Hijra and other Voices
Notes
Bibliography
Part III: Performing the Vernacular Queer Offline, Online and On Screen
Chapter 7: Mawngkuahur in the Times of E-Love: Sexualities, Regimentation, Control, Display and the Zo Queer
The Zo World: Sexualities, Regimentation, Control
The Methodological and Conceptual Moorings
The Bible, Gender Turn and the Question of Diversity
Sissyphobia: Mawngkuahur as Mawng Nau
Being Tuai, Being Mawngkuahur: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Our Sky: Dreams, Hopes and Exasperations
The Webbed Zo Queer
Some Closing Comments
Notes
References
Chapter 8: The Many Bodies of the Vernacular: Negotiating Queer Identity in the Public and Virtual Domains of Assam
Voice, Visibility and Speaking the Unspeakable
Building Communities of Resistance
Notes
References
Chapter 9: Queer Assam on Celluloid: Locating Queer Characters in Bulbul Can Sing and Fireflies–Jonaki Porua
What Is Assamese Queer Cinema?
From Bollywood to the Regional
Rima Das’s Bulbul Can Sing
Prakash Deka’s Fireflies—Jonaki Porua
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part IV: Queer Invisibility and the Linguistic Community
Chapter 10: The Many ‘Queer’ Silences: Competing Masculinities in Kashmir
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 11: In Search of the Queer in (Catholic) Konkani: Silence, Slurs and the Spectacular
Konkani as a Queer Language
Silence: If a Tree Falls in a Forest and if No One Is Around to hear It, Does It Make a Sound?
Slurs and Slang
The Spectacular
Closing Thoughts
References
Part V: Making the Queer Visible in the Vernacular Culture
Chapter 12: Exploring Queer Literature in Nepali from the Hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim
Introduction
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 13: Voices of Survival: LGBTQ+ Representations in Literary/Cinematic/Creative Texts in Bangla
Literary Texts
Cinematic Texts
Other Creative Texts
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index