{"product_id":"being-janana-ila-nagar-9780367356231","title":"Being Janana: Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Janana\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on same-sex desiring male-bodied subjects in Lucknow, India, and explores how they make meaning in the marginalization of their desire through language performativity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with their desire for other men, \u003ci\u003ejananas\u003c\/i\u003e maintain ostensibly heteronormatively and culturally defined masculine positions. This book argues for an intersectional approach to understanding \u003ci\u003ejanana\u003c\/i\u003e life worlds and situates \u003ci\u003ejanana\u003c\/i\u003e subjectivity in dialogue with social, cultural, linguistic, and legal happenings. In engaging with the full complexity of \u003ci\u003ejanana\u003c\/i\u003e identities and experience, Ila Nagar calls for a reassessment of gender categories and a new understanding of power and sexuality amidst emerging Indian modernities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerived from ethnographic research conducted over a period of twelve years, this book also reflects on the interaction between social actors and researchers, and critically examines the use of ethnography as a method in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. It will be of interest to scholars from Anthropology, Asian Studies, Gender \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies, and Linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ila Nagar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367356236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367356231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ila Nagar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086517842175,"sku":"9780367356231","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee390bc8-6db8-4af1-8656-d0d85071aa85.jpg?v=1769095121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-janana-ila-nagar-9780367356231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}