Unruly Figures
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"Unruly Figures provides a provocative and theoretically rich account of the uneven terrain of contemporary sexual politics."
» Gender & Society
The vibrant media landscape in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where kiosks overflow with magazines and colorful film posters line roadside walls, creates a sexually charged public sphere that has a long history of political protests. Les mer
By bringing a substantial body of Malayalam-language literature and media texts on gender, sexuality, and social justice into conversation with current debates around sexuality studies and transnational feminism in Asian and Anglo-American academia, Mokkil reorients the debates on sexuality in India by considering the fraught trajectories of identity and rights.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Washington Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780295745558
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
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"Unruly Figures provides a provocative and theoretically rich account of the uneven terrain of contemporary sexual politics."
» Gender & Society
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"Social commitment and intellectual vigour make this journey adventurous, and the author transmits its spirit through her evocative, lyrical writing."
» Review of Development and Change
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"This is an elegantly written book that makes a persuasive case for what Mokkil frames as a queer reading practice of dissident sexuality that works to keep such tensions open."
» Journal of Asian Studies