Queering Emotion in South Asia
Biographical Narratives of Gay Men in Odisha, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12835784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jayaprakash Mishra (0000-0002-0986-4839, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 353-374 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian journal of social science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4849 • E-ISSN: 2212-3857 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685314-04803009 |
| OpenAlex | W3092575359 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
A paucity of scholarship on emotions in South Asia through a queer lens prevails, as the field is relatively new, and thus, majorly normative. Discussions around emotions, particularly guilt, remain heteronormative. The act of queering emotion not only challenges the dominant gendered affective discourse, but also proposes an alternative framework to understand and elucidate emotions pertinent to queer lives in South Asia. The study analysed ethnographic accounts of 32 gay men from the Eastern Indian state of Odisha. The objectives of this study are threefold. One, it examines the validity of the hypothesis that guilt among gay men is not just an internal orientation, but can be induced by people’s complicitous actions. Two, it uncovers how guilt based on “reciprocity” is roused among gay men in a social system (Lebra, 1971). Society urges gay men to repay their parents, siblings, and caretakers by fulfilling their heteronormative expectations. Three, it foregrounds how gay men respond when apprised of their indebtedness to individuals. The study examines emotions in South Asia through a queer lens by investigating the complex manner in which the queer subjects negotiate with their affectual spaces, viz. social institutions of family and other alternative kinship structures
Asian studies · China · Ethnography · Heteronormativity · Kinship · Negotiation · Normative · Political science · Queer · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Shame and guilt
Intimate relations
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The Cultural Politics of Emotion
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Intimate Subjects and Virtual Spaces
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Rights and representations
Snowball sampling
Feeling Modern
Queer Blogging in Indian Digital Diasporas
Mapping Emotions, Constructing Feelings
The Social Production of Space and Emotions in South Asia
Digital Queer Cultures in India
Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations
Exploring Shame, Guilt, and Risky Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Men and Women
Families in India
Until Death Do Us Part
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |