Atrangik narivad: New directions for queer feminist studies in India

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2023

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This essay places Srila Roy’s recently published Changing the Subject in dialogue with my book, Worlding Postcolonial Sexualities studying Southern feminist and queer activism to reveal solidarities and dissensions that contribute to new forms of world-making. My focus is on the first section of Changing the Subject where Roy describes her research with Sappho for Equality (SFE) to map a queer feminism–that I describe as atrangik narivad in Hindi–characterized by three specific shifts: from physical (community center, organization offices, homes) to virtual spaces; from lesbian to trans concerns; and from activism to consumption. The essay concludes with some observations and queries about feminist queer pedagogy in connection with Roy’s students in South Africa and mine in North America and India.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.12483. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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Feminist, Feminism, India, Pedagogy, Postcolonial, Queer

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Batra, Kanika. 2023. “ Atrangik Narivad: New Directions For Queer Feminist Studies in India.” Anthropology and Humanism 00(0): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.12483.

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