{"product_id":"being-janana-language-and-sexuality-in-contemporary-india-9780367777265","title":"Being Janana: Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ila Nagar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003e\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","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45241015500951,"sku":"9780367777265","price":3984.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367777265.webp?v=1769227264","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/being-janana-language-and-sexuality-in-contemporary-india-9780367777265","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}