Between aunties

Sexual futures and queer South Asian aunty porn

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ID13086119
AuthorsKareem Khubchandani (0000-0003-1841-2030, Tufts University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume9
Issue3
Pages346-364
Publication date2021-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2021.1969993
OpenAlexW3209904985
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited28

The aunty appears as a common vernacular figure in South Asian film, television, memes, novels, and porn. ‘Aunty porn’ names a large body of pornography that features fat, older, South Asian women; this genre is unique in that it features aunties as protagonists. In other media, aunties are only afforded minor roles as difficult, stubborn, and traditional, and this archetype positions them as an antagonist to queer sexual futures. This article scavenges a selection of queer aunty porn from South Asian diasporic novels to demonstrate aunties’ capacity to cultivate sexual futures, showing how sex between aunties exists in continuum with archetypal aunty attributes like cooking and gossip. While aunty sexualities are usually interpreted in relation to younger generations, this article points to the many ways that ageing South Asian women rehearse queer sexual futures for and between themselves

Archetype · Art · Futures contract · Human sexuality · Literature · Pornography · Psychoanalysis · Queer · Sexual revolution · Sociology · South asia · Vernacular · Anthropology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture

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