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Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India

Parmesh Shahani

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Description:"Parmesh Shahani is an original...This book will inspire and provoke many interested in understanding the intersections between sexuality, globalization, and new media."—Henry Jenkins, Author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide"Gay Bombay is a must-read! Shifting seamlessly through the personal, the Gay Bombay community, the national, and the transnational, the book gives the reader a unique understanding of what it means to be gay and Indian.—Jyoit Puri, Director, Graduate Program in Gender/Cultural Studies, Simons College"...Gay Bombay is a path-breaking study of homosexuality in modern Bombay/Mumbai that will be essential reading for students of gender and sexuality."—Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema, University of LondonUsing a combination of multi-sited ethnography, textual analysis, historical documentation analysis, and memoir writing, the author provides macro and micro perspectives on what it means to be a gay man located in Gay Bombay at a particular point in time. Specifically, he explores what being gay means to members of Gay Bombay and how they negotiate locality and globalization, their sense of identity as well as a feeling of community within its online/offline world. On a broader level, he critically examines the formulation and reconfiguration of contemporary Indian gayness in the light of its emergent cultural, media, and political alliances. Key Features Offers an exciting path breaking ethnography, which combines a large macro sweep with an intenselypersonal narrative. The author's memories flow in and out of the main narrative to create a distinct reading experience. Presents a unique and timely look at urban contemporary Indian sexuality Provides an integrated approach that illuminates how new media technologies, the media industry, audiences, and broader socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India Gives a different perspective on globalization in post-liberalization urban India, as India re-positions itself as a global superpower. How are its minorities being treated? How are they asserting themselves in this new imagination of the nation-state? Weaves in personal experience that helps us understand male same-sex desire in relation to customary experiences in a city like Bombay Parmesh Shahani is based in Mumbai, India, where he works on venture capital, innovation and strategic brand outreach in the corporate world and also serves as the India-based research affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Convergence Culture Consortium.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India. To get started finding Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "Parmesh Shahani is an original...This book will inspire and provoke many interested in understanding the intersections between sexuality, globalization, and new media."—Henry Jenkins, Author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide"Gay Bombay is a must-read! Shifting seamlessly through the personal, the Gay Bombay community, the national, and the transnational, the book gives the reader a unique understanding of what it means to be gay and Indian.—Jyoit Puri, Director, Graduate Program in Gender/Cultural Studies, Simons College"...Gay Bombay is a path-breaking study of homosexuality in modern Bombay/Mumbai that will be essential reading for students of gender and sexuality."—Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema, University of LondonUsing a combination of multi-sited ethnography, textual analysis, historical documentation analysis, and memoir writing, the author provides macro and micro perspectives on what it means to be a gay man located in Gay Bombay at a particular point in time. Specifically, he explores what being gay means to members of Gay Bombay and how they negotiate locality and globalization, their sense of identity as well as a feeling of community within its online/offline world. On a broader level, he critically examines the formulation and reconfiguration of contemporary Indian gayness in the light of its emergent cultural, media, and political alliances. Key Features Offers an exciting path breaking ethnography, which combines a large macro sweep with an intenselypersonal narrative. The author's memories flow in and out of the main narrative to create a distinct reading experience. Presents a unique and timely look at urban contemporary Indian sexuality Provides an integrated approach that illuminates how new media technologies, the media industry, audiences, and broader socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India Gives a different perspective on globalization in post-liberalization urban India, as India re-positions itself as a global superpower. How are its minorities being treated? How are they asserting themselves in this new imagination of the nation-state? Weaves in personal experience that helps us understand male same-sex desire in relation to customary experiences in a city like Bombay Parmesh Shahani is based in Mumbai, India, where he works on venture capital, innovation and strategic brand outreach in the corporate world and also serves as the India-based research affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Convergence Culture Consortium.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India. To get started finding Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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