Gender and Sexuality in South Asia

Explores cultural and historical formulations of gender and sexuality in South Asia, considering ways gender and sexuality are sites of power and contestation, and asking how both intersect with identity and subjectivity. Looks at social change and continuity in following topics: gender norms and challenges to them, transgender and Third-sex identities, marriage practices, transactional sex, religion and ritual, law and activism, and media. Addresses intersection of gender and sexuality with caste and class.