- Lesbian activists, Lesbianism, Political activists, India, politics and government
In Queer Activism in India, Naisargi Dave examines the formation of lesbian communities in India from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with activist organizations in Delhi, a body of letters written by lesbian women, and research with lesbian communities and queer activist groups across the country, Dave studies the everyday practices that constitute queer activism in India.
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- Author
- Naisargi N. Dave
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 273
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780822395683
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Dave is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and works extensively on urban India. Her first book Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics (Duke University Press, 2012) won the Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Single-Authored Monograph.
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