Gay Bombay : globalization, love and (be)longing in contemporary India

This was the first ethnography of gay life in contemporary India. It talked about the early age of the internet in the country and the creation of online-offline gay communities from the mid-1990s to the mid 2000s. The anniversary edition has chapters from leading global scholars about the continuing importance of the book, as well as an updated preface from the author. It has an interview as an afterword that talks about the path ahead for queer rights in India, in the context of the recent Supreme Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality. "Through a multi-sited ethnography in an online-offline community, Parmesh Shahani examines how Internet technologies, media, audiences and broader socio-historical contexts shape gay identity in contemporary urban India. He realizes that the identity of a gay man in the community is negotiated on the stability of the idea of Indianness. For readers across the world focused on India, Gay Bombay will serve as a memorable journey through various transitions in urban India. This special anniversary edition includes chapters from renowned academicians working in the gender and queer studies space, such as Ulka Anjaria of Brandeis University, Kareem Khubchandani of Tufts University and Dhiren Borisa of O. P. Jindal Global University"-- Provided by publisher Cover Contents Acknowledgements Preface to the Special Anniversary Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Gay Bombay and Queer Futures 2. Gay Bombay to Boston to Bangalore and Back 3. The Heart Has Its Reasons 4. From This Perspective... 5. Up Close and Personal 6. Media Matters 7. Straight Expectations 8. Disco Jalebi 9. The Future Queer Histories That Must Be Written About the Author The Updated Edition Of The First Ethnography Of Gay Life In Contemporary India