The Lockdown of Koti Intimacies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18970944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Banhishikha Ghosh (0000-0002-6354-9047, University of Zurich, Switzerland [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-33 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology in Action (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-201X • E-ISSN: 1752-2285 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/aia.2021.280106 |
| OpenAlex | W3112464476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
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 documentary evidence on their lives, this article elaborates how Koti livelihoods and the intimate practices circumambient of such livelihoods are withering away because of the pandemic. Tragically today, they are branded as ‘corona transmitters’, and their intimate practices are stigmatised as ‘infectious’. A restraint on their physical movement and gathering in public spaces due to the pandemic has ramifications not only for their livelihood, but also for their intimate practices and identity assertions
Aesthetics · Art · Begging · Geography · Hegemony · Livelihood · Narrative · Normative · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |