Toward a Canon of Modern Indian Queer Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23581306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Raj Rao (independent scholar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 445-456 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197647912.013.42 |
| OpenAlex | W4387871841 |
| ISBN | 9780197647912 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Recent anthologies of queer writing from India in a range of languages are redefining the centrality of what was previously seen as a “niche” genre in the modern Indian literary canon. This chapter is a study of four major recent anthologies (which we can use as a tool, both pedagogical and one that also helps create the visibility of writers in a literary field) that give queer writing a more prominent place in Indian literary studies and raise important themes about what counts as queer writing; the place of gay, lesbian and trans writing in the larger body of queer writing; queer aesthetics; and the place of Indian queer writing within Indian literature and South Asian literature more broadly.
Aesthetics · Art · Canon · Lesbian · Literature · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · American and British Literature Analysis · Gender Studies · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |