Savarna Citations of Desire

Queer Impossibilities of Inter-Caste Love

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ID3945754
AuthorsAkhil Kang (0000-0002-8147-7112, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume133
Issue1
Pages63-78
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01417789221146514
OpenAlexW4324142899
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited27

Deliberations and discussions on inter-caste relationships in South Asia so far have been fixed within the confines of heterosexuality. Not only are heterosexual inter-caste relationships the default imagination of an inter-caste love, but also notions of heteronormativity dominate discussions of inter-caste love, relationship and, importantly, inter-caste marriages. In asking 'queer' questions about caste, this article analyses what an inter-caste dynamic means for social movements which rally around notions of love and desire or choose to reject them. This article recentres desire and intimacy into caste to imagine queer (im)possibilities of dalit love. In doing so, the article asks: where is the dalit lover? Building upon conversations and interviews with five dalit-queer scholars, intellectuals and activists, as well as provocations offered by them, this article complicates 'inter-caste love' itself as a site of power and politics, of social categorisation as well as of critical theorisation

Caste · Heteronormativity · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · South Asian Cinema and Culture

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