The Queer Turn in South Asian Studies? or “That’s Over & Done Queen, On to the Next”

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Research Article| October 01 2018 The Queer Turn in South Asian Studies? or “That’s Over & Done Queen, On to the Next” Brian A. Horton Brian A. Horton Brian A. Horton is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University. Horton’s research explores several intersecting sites of inquiry among queer anthropology, queer theory and the anthropology of India: popular culture, politics and ethics, state power, pleasure, fun, and violence. His dissertation project, Shimmers of the Fabulous: Reinventions of Queer Life and Politics in Mumbai, draws on over two years of fieldwork in LGBTQ+ spaces in Mumbai to examine how gender and sexual minorities both within and beyond the formal registers of activist politics—at times in spaces thought of as elite, frivolous, or even nonrespectable (such as queer parties, cruising spots, and in virtual spaces)—deploy fun and pleasure to engage in different, but equally valuable ethical and political work. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2018) 5 (3): 165–180. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.5.3.0165 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Brian A. Horton; The Queer Turn in South Asian Studies? or “That’s Over & Done Queen, On to the Next”. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1 October 2018; 5 (3): 165–180. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.5.3.0165 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.