Banhishikha Ghosh
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3677355 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Banhishikha Ghosh |
| PRENOMES | Banhishikha |
| SOBRENOME | Ghosh |
| ASSINATURA | GHOSH B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6354-9047 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Blessing, not begging
For eons, hijras and kotis of India have survived on socially endorsed livelihoods involving multilayered erotic, ritualistic, cultural, and religious performances. Though a range of structural inequalities preconditioned these livelihoods, the performances serve as a signal to engender, induce, and embolden community expression. Yet these performative acts have continually been disapproved of by the post-colonial Indian state on equating them wi…
From Ritual Mourning to Solitary Grief
This paper considers the way the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has egregiously impeded the Hindu death ceremonies and mourning rituals in India. It makes a comparative analysis of how Hindu death rituals get renegotiated, modified and reinterpreted across two vastly different regions of India, both of which have their local customs. Whilst death rituals in India are contingent on the deceased's caste, community, class, gende…
State, citizenship and gender-variant communities in India
The Lockdown of Koti Intimacies
This article considers the way the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown have egregiously impeded the intimate life practices of Kotis, people who possess a distinct gender-variant identity in India. The Kotis, who subsist mostly on begging or sex work through cross-dressing, counter the hegemonic heteronormative ‘bodyscape’ that fetishizes bodily differences and reinforces normative intimate practices. Using narratives and document…
Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space
The article juxtaposes the lived realities and perceptions of a hijra gharana connected to a dargah (shrine of a revered religious figure belonging to the Sufi tradition) in a North Indian city, Narayanpura. It addresses how a hijra community interacts and develops interpersonal relationships with their non-hijra neighbours, devotees and shopkeepers, thereby engendering hijra selfhood. The potent element of symbolism enunciated through mythology,…
Capsizing the gaze
During the current pandemic, gender non-conforming communities (GNCs) in India have been engaging themselves as critical citizens through a demonstration of civic engagement and social responsibility. This paper, based on narratives, documentary evidence and media reports, demonstrates how GNC volunteers are playing a decisive role in accentuating the virtues of representative democracy by serving as ‘monitorial citizens’ in India. It also consid…
Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space
The article juxtaposes the lived realities and perceptions of a hijra gharana connected to a dargah (shrine of a revered religious figure belonging to the Sufi tradition) in a North Indian city, Narayanpura. It addresses how a hijra community interacts and develops interpersonal relationships with their non-hijra neighbours, devotees and shopkeepers, thereby engendering hijra selfhood. The potent element of symbolism enunciated through mythology,…
Capsizing the gaze
During the current pandemic, gender non-conforming communities (GNCs) in India have been engaging themselves as critical citizens through a demonstration of civic engagement and social responsibility. This paper, based on narratives, documentary evidence and media reports, demonstrates how GNC volunteers are playing a decisive role in accentuating the virtues of representative democracy by serving as ‘monitorial citizens’ in India. It also consid…
State, citizenship and gender-variant communities in India
The Lockdown of Koti Intimacies
This article considers the way the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown have egregiously impeded the intimate life practices of Kotis, people who possess a distinct gender-variant identity in India. The Kotis, who subsist mostly on begging or sex work through cross-dressing, counter the hegemonic heteronormative ‘bodyscape’ that fetishizes bodily differences and reinforces normative intimate practices. Using narratives and document…
Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space
The article juxtaposes the lived realities and perceptions of a hijra gharana connected to a dargah (shrine of a revered religious figure belonging to the Sufi tradition) in a North Indian city, Narayanpura. It addresses how a hijra community interacts and develops interpersonal relationships with their non-hijra neighbours, devotees and shopkeepers, thereby engendering hijra selfhood. The potent element of symbolism enunciated through mythology,…
Capsizing the gaze
During the current pandemic, gender non-conforming communities (GNCs) in India have been engaging themselves as critical citizens through a demonstration of civic engagement and social responsibility. This paper, based on narratives, documentary evidence and media reports, demonstrates how GNC volunteers are playing a decisive role in accentuating the virtues of representative democracy by serving as ‘monitorial citizens’ in India. It also consid…
From Ritual Mourning to Solitary Grief
This paper considers the way the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has egregiously impeded the Hindu death ceremonies and mourning rituals in India. It makes a comparative analysis of how Hindu death rituals get renegotiated, modified and reinterpreted across two vastly different regions of India, both of which have their local customs. Whilst death rituals in India are contingent on the deceased's caste, community, class, gende…
State, citizenship and gender-variant communities in India
Blessing, not begging
For eons, hijras and kotis of India have survived on socially endorsed livelihoods involving multilayered erotic, ritualistic, cultural, and religious performances. Though a range of structural inequalities preconditioned these livelihoods, the performances serve as a signal to engender, induce, and embolden community expression. Yet these performative acts have continually been disapproved of by the post-colonial Indian state on equating them wi…
Sociology (5 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Aesthetics (3 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras)