Bad Subjects of Good Freedoms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13015251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulka Anjaria (0000-0001-5290-8852, Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-228 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-2614 • E-ISSN: 2052-2622 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/pli.2024.12 |
| OpenAlex | W4398210404 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In Mukti Lakhi Mangharam’s book, Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture , she identifies “Freedom Inc.” as a neoliberal celebration of individual empowerment that contrasts with the multiple ways people have imagined freedom in a longer history of Indian literature and philosophy, which are much more open to collective empowerment and political transformation. This critique is certainly valid, but where in it is there the space for “bad” subjects, erotic desires, or for men and women who disobey, who flaunt rules and whose visions of freedom exceed those framed by respectable behavior or collective uplift? This article gives a few examples of what those alternative freedoms would look like, suggesting that in addition to fundamental rights, Indians might need the freedom to be naughty as well
Cultural History and Identity Formation · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |