(En)Queering 'Prakriti

Decolonial Ecofeminism and Lesbian Subjectivity in Out! Stories from the New Queer India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2995191
AutoresChhandita Das (0000-0002-8043-7143, Institute of Management Technology), Priyanka Tripathi (0000-0002-9522-3391, Indian Institute of Technology Patna)
Ano2025
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas31
Data de publicação2025-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFeminist Encounters A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2468-4414 • E-ISSN: 2468-4414
EditoraLectito Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.20897/femenc/16789
OpenAlexW4413873027
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas32

The present article aims to explore the decolonial possibilities of queer ecofeminism entailing lesbian subjectivity and solidarity in Indian geography through the textual analysis of select post-colonial stories from Out! Stories from the New Queer India (2012) by Minal Hajratwala. Introducing lived experiences of queer people in the lap of nature, this book interpolates lesbian subjectivity and the politics of recognition broadly. Critiquing established narratives in queer feminist perspectives (Vanita, 2001; Roy, 2022) and ecofeminism (Shiva, 2010), this article critiques Prakriti (i.e., Nature) as a dissident source of Shakti (i.e., Power) for queer lives. In a country like India, the recent decline of the demand for legalising same-sex marriage by the Indian Supreme Court amidst significant political and religious controversy (Rajgopal, 2023) underscores the urgency of this discourse. In such a heated context, this article articulates the lived experiences of lesbian relationships in Indian ecology and examines queer ecofeminism as an instrumental approach to advancing lesbian subjectivity, and solidarity and addressing sexism

Art · Ecofeminism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Lesbian · Queer · Sociology · Subjectivity · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture