Queer Intersectionality

Introduction: Queer-ing South Asia SECTION-I Queer Embodiments: Identity, Politics and Ethics 1. Metaethics and Aesthetic Nuances of the Transexual: A Critical Re-reading of Select Mythological Narratives of Hinduism 2. The Kitsch and Aesthetic: Masculinity, Authenticity and Class in Crocodile Tears: New & Selected Stories 3. Beyond the Binary: Sex Change and Gender Fluidity in Buddhist Narratives 4. Neo-Liberal Queer Subjectivities in the Bangladeshi Pedagogy: An Exploration of the Transgender Politics in Bangladesh 5. Re-visioning Willful Subject: Mapping the Genealogies of Pakistani Trans Queer Identity/Sexuality in When the Moon was Ours 6. Intimate Partner Violence: Its Abundance and Absence in Lesbian and Queer Storytelling SECTION-II Queer Imaginaries: Representations in Popular Culture and Digital Media 7. Code of Courage: Precarity, Queer Narratives and the Political field 8. Examining LGBTQIA+ Lived Experiences in South Asia: A Computational Text Mining Analysis 9. Queer Movements and Politicisation in India: Navigating through Digital and Socio-cultural Histories 10. Desensitising the Indian Queer Body: Strategies of Queerbaiting in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema 11. The Evolving Representation of Lesbian Identities: South Asian Queer Narratives in Post-2000 Bangla Cinema SECTION-III Queer Transgressions: Undoing Boundaries and Spaces 12. Transcending Spaces and Blurring Gender-ed Binaries: Re-configuring Queer Identity in Shyam Selvaduraiâs Funny Boy 13. The Dilemma of Public Space VS Gender Neutral Toilet in India: A Case Study of #NoMoreHoldingMyPee Campaign of Assam 14. Queer Resonances in Haroon Khalidâs From Waris to Heer 15. Redefining Desires: The Cultural Quandaries of Queerness in R. Raj Rao's The Boyfriend 16. Beyond the Gender Bounds: A Study of Infinite Gender Positions in The Pregnant King by Devdutt Pattanaik 17. Transformation and Liminality in Nepali Queer Literature : Reading The Land Where I Flee and Between Queens and the Cities 18. Negotiating Identities: Queer Activism and Faith-based Resistance in Contemporary South Asia 19. Masculine Vulnerability: Exploring Queer Experiences and Intersectionality in The Carpet Weaver; Afterword: In the Rubble of the Text, We Still Find Each Other: An Epilogue