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140234 UE Sexual minorities in South Asia (2017W)

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max. 24 participants
Language: English

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  • Monday 02.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 09.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 16.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 23.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 30.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 06.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 13.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 20.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 27.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 04.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 11.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 08.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 15.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 22.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Monday 29.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Sam-sex love and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) people have always been there in South Asia as its history, culture, art and literature give ample instances of this phenomenon. Yet, it was considered a taboo to discuss publicly on this subject. Over the past quarter-century or so, however, this issue has come to the fore – thanks to the empowering movements for the sexual minorities and research on lesbian and gay and related people. Now, not only the sexual minorities of Queer, transgendered, bisexual, transsexual, and inter-sexed people themselves are openly asserting their sexual identities, differences, practices and choices, they are being supported also by different strata of society, although still, in general, they are looked upon as those pertaining to the “dominant default mode of sexuality”.
The interdisciplinary course is designed to look at the GLBT people in South Asia, especially in India and Pakistan from the perspectives of history and society. It will see how and to what extent the concerning issues and debates are different from the European, or, for that matter, American discourses on the topic. Furthermore, apart from discussing the role of cultural groups, NGOs, the media in this debate, the course will have a look at the medico-psychological problems of these communities as well as the health-related questions. Similarly, while crossing over the religious injunctions the course will make a comparative analysis of the phenomena in the two countries.

Alongside studying a wide-range of interdisciplinary texts, we will read two pieces of short fiction from Urdu and Hindi (in English/German translations) as well as we will watch two feature films (with German/English sub-titles) both from India and Pakistan on the topic.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Select Bibliography:

• Anwar, Etin (2006) Gender and Self in Islam. New York: Routledge.
• Bhaskaran, S. (2004) Made In India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Bhattacharyya, Subhabrata and Bose, Brinda (2005). The Phobic and the Erotic: The Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary India. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Bristow, Joseph (1997) Sexuality, London: Routledge.
• Butler, Judith (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, London: Routledge.
• Chakrapani, V. (2010) Hijras/Transgender Women in India: HIV, Human Rights and Social Exclusion. Undo. India
• Dave, Naisargi N. (2012) Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. Durham & London: Duke University Press.
• Dutta, Aniruddha and Roy, Raina (2014) Decolonizing Transgender in India: Some Reflections. Transgender Studies Quarterly. 2014. Volume 1, Number 3. [320-337]
• Garber, Linda (2001) Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory, New York: Columbia University Press.
• Gopinath, Gayatri. (2005). Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
• Gugler, Thomas K. (2011) Politics of Pleasure: Setting South Asia Straight. Südasien-Chronik - South Asia-Chronicle 1/2011, S. 355-392 Südasien-Seminar der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
• Haggerty, George E. (2000) Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Ed.) New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc.
• Haggerty, George E. & McGarry, Molly (2007) A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies. (Eds.) Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Hall, Donald E. (2003) Queer Theories, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
• Hines, Sally and Sanger, Tam (2010) Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity (Ed.) London/New York: Routledge.
• Kisha, B. Golden (2012) Psychological Problems of Transgenders and the Attitude of Society Towards Them. Kodaikanal, India: Mother Teresa Women’s University Kodaikanal.
• Khan, Faris A. (2014) Khwaja Sira: Transgender Activism and Transnationalism in Pakistan. In: South Asia in the World: An Introduction. Ed. By Susan S Wadley. London & New York: Routledge. [170-184]
• Khan, Shehar Bano (2015) Transgendered Identity: Shame, Honour, and Sexuality. Islamabad, Pakistan: Aawaz.
• Kotb, Heba G. (2004) Sexuality in Islam. Florida: Maimonides University.
• Nanda, Serena. (1999) Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India. London: Wordsworth Publishing Company.
• Nanjundaswamy, S. (2014) An Anthropological Study of Male to Female Transsexuals in Mysore and Bangalore Cities, Karnataka, India. Mysore, India: Department of Studies in Anthropology, University of Mysore.
• Narrain, Arvind and Bahn, Gautam ( 2006 ) Because I Have a Voice: Queer Politics in India . Delhi: Yoda Press.
• Pilcher, Jane and Whelehan, Imelda (2004) Key Concepts in Gender Studies. California: SAGE Publications Inc.
• Sarosh, Dr. Tabinda (2015) Access to Sexual and Reproductive Rights – Pakistan: Country Profile. Lahore: Shirkat Gah.
• Saveri, Shabeena Francis (2013) History, Identity, and Politics: Aravani Movement in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. Mumbai: School of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
• Swan, Wallace (2004) Handbook of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Administration and Policy (Ed.) New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
• Tougher, Shaun. (2008) The Eunuchs in Byzantine History and Society. London/New York: Routledge.
• Vanita, Ruth and Kidwai, Saleem (2000) Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
• Vanita, Ruth (2005) Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Zimmerman, Bonnie (2000) Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. (Ed.) New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc.

Association in the course directory

IMAK2, EC2-2

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