Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India by Chakraborty, Kaustav

Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780367541835)

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Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India by Chakraborty, Kaustav

Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India

$200.00
Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India by Chakraborty, Kaustav

Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India

$200.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.



Author: Kaustav Chakraborty
ISBN-10: 0367541831
ISBN-13: 9780367541835
Publisher: Routledge India
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2020
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d
By Kaustav Chakraborty
By Kaustav Chakraborty
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Kaustav Chakraborty is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Southfield (formerly Loreto) College, Darjeeling, India. He was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. His recent publications include Tales and Alternatives: Revisiting Select Tribal Folktales (2017), The Politics of Belonging in Contemporary India: Anxiety and Intimacy (2019), Indian Drama in English (2014) and Tagore and Nationalism (co-edited, 2017). His research interests include indigenous literature and culture, queer theory, and cultural studies.

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