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Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India /
Through a multi-sited ethnography in an online-offline community, Parmesh Shahani examines how Internet technologies, the media industry, audiences and broader socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India. He realizes that the identity of a gay man in the community is neg...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, CA :
SAGE Publications,
c2008.
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| Online Zugang: | Table of contents only |
| Zusammenfassung: | Through a multi-sited ethnography in an online-offline community, Parmesh Shahani examines how Internet technologies, the media industry, audiences and broader socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India. He realizes that the identity of a gay man in the community is negotiated on the stability of the idea of Indianness. For readers across the world focused on India, Gay Bombay will serve as a memorable journey through various transitions in urban India. |
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| Beschreibung: | 349 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-342) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761936480 (paper back) |