Gay Bombay: globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India
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Main Author: Shahani, Parmesh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India SAGE 2008
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : the heart has its reasons -- From this perspective -- Up close and personal -- Media matters -- Straight expectations -- Conclusion : disco Jalebi
Through a multi-sited ethnography in an online-offline community, Parmesh Shahani. examines how Internet technologies, the media industry, audiences and broader. socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India. He realizes. that the identity of a gay man in the community is negotiated on the stability. of the idea of Indianness. For readers across the world focused on India, Gay. Bombay will serve as a memorable journey through various transitions in urban. India
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (349 pages)
ISBN:1281963534
813210014X
8178297949
9781281963536
9788132100140
9788178297941

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