Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics
October 26, 2012
Centre for South Asian Studies and Anthropology Professor Naisargi Dave’s new monograph, Queer Activism in India (Duke University Press 2012), examines the formation of lesbian communities in India from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Based on ethnographic research 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.
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