Rights and representations: querying the male-to-male sexual subject in India.
Same-sex sexualities in India have been portrayed in research and activism as socially marginal and minoritarian. Whilst proceeding from a commitment to the political utility of such a view, this paper questions such a standpoint. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in different sites, the paper considers male-to-male sexualities as enacted and implicated in the production of ostensibly heteronormative spaces. This, in turn, raises questions about the representation of the queer or same-sex sexual subject in law and HIV prevention, especially in the context of post-colonial perspectives on sexuality.
Boyce
Paul
P
Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, UK. p.boyce@ioe.ac.uk
Khanna
Akshay
A
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D005783:Gender Identity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012938:Social Perception