Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India

by Kaustav Chakraborty

Book Overview

This book explores queer potentialities in the tribal folktales of India. It elucidates the queer elements in the oral narratives of four indigenous communities from East and Northeast India, which are found to be significant repositories of gender fluidity and non-normative desires. Departing from the popular understanding that 'Otherness' results largely from undue exposure to Western permissiveness, the author reveals how minority sexualities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367554240
• ISBN13: 9780367554248
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"