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Can I read Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India on EtoBox?
Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India by Parmesh Shahani is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India about?
This was the first ethnography of gay life in contemporary India. It talked about the early age of the internet in the country and the creation of online-offline gay communities from the mid-1990s to the mid 2000s. The anniversary edition has chapters from leading global scholars about the continuing importance of the book, as well as an updated preface from the author. It has an interview as an afterword that talks about the path ahead for queer rights in India, in the context of the recent Supreme Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality.
Who reads Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Parmesh Shahani
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications India Pvt, Ltd.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789353884215
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, Social Science, Sociology