ABSTRACT
This book analyses regional expressions of the queer experience in texts available in the Indian vernacular languages. It studies queer autobiographies and literary and cinematic texts written in the vernacular languages on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. The authors outline the specific terms that are popular in the bhashas (languages) to refer to the queer people and discuss any neo coinages/modes of communication invented by the queer people themselves. The volume also addresses the lack of queer representation in certain language communities and the lack of queer interaction in non-metropolitan cities in India.
An important contribution to the field of queer studies in India, this timely book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of gender studies, queer studies, cultural studies, discrimination and exclusion studies, language studies, political studies, sociology, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|56 pages
Vernacular Vocabularies and Expressions of the Regional Queer
chapter 3|21 pages
A Hidden Language That Reveals a Distinct Culture
part II|56 pages
LGBTQ+ and the Regional Literature
chapter 5|10 pages
‘They’ Are Queer
part III|43 pages
Performing the Vernacular Queer Offline, Online and On Screen
chapter 7|15 pages
Mawngkuahur in the Times of E-Love
chapter 8|14 pages
The Many Bodies of the Vernacular
chapter 9|12 pages
Queer Assam on Celluloid
part IV|36 pages
Queer Invisibility and the Linguistic Community
part V|42 pages
Making the Queer Visible in the Vernacular Culture