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View article: Consuming and retailing fashion: South Asian diaspora negotiating clothing practices, identities and community making in Glasgow
Consuming and retailing fashion: South Asian diaspora negotiating clothing practices, identities and community making in Glasgow Open
This article explores South Asian diasporic fashion retail spaces and sartorial practices in Glasgow. Drawing on ten months of ethnographic research, it investigates how fashion and clothing contribute to identity construction, community b…
View article: The cultural industries of India: an introduction
The cultural industries of India: an introduction Open
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View article: Mapping innovation in India’s creative industries: an ecosystem framework
Mapping innovation in India’s creative industries: an ecosystem framework Open
This paper reports on an ongoing research study funded by UKRI to map India’s creative industries. Using an ecosystem framework, it has focused on strategy/policy; tangible and intangible infrastructure; funding and investment to understan…
View article: Queer creative Indian city: queer film festivals, precarious cultural work and community making in Kolkata
Queer creative Indian city: queer film festivals, precarious cultural work and community making in Kolkata Open
In this article, we offer a new concept of the “queer creative city”, through a critical examination of how a regional queer Bengali film culture has emerged in Kolkata as a result of the convergence of certain urban policies, queer politi…
View article: Queer Politics in Times of New Authoritarianisms
Queer Politics in Times of New Authoritarianisms Open
Across South Asia and the world, new authoritarianisms in the last two decades have reignited old fault lines around sexuality. This introduction examines how different states, laws and communities have engaged with queer rights discourse …
View article: Mourning a Queer Aunty: Kinship, Creative Resilience and World-Making
Mourning a Queer Aunty: Kinship, Creative Resilience and World-Making Open
Indian queer and trans activist Agniva passed away in 2016. This article draws on memoir, anecdote, research interviews and digital ethnography to explore the impact that Agniva had on a range of queer and trans people. The author details …
View article: Between visibility and elsewhere: South Asian queer creative cultures and resistance
Between visibility and elsewhere: South Asian queer creative cultures and resistance Open
This article draws on existing interviews and creative material from LGBTQ + South Asians who have lived and spent significant time in the UK as part of the Cross Border Queers project. It begins by considering creative forms of diasporic …
View article: Viral Assemblages and Witnessing Extraordinary Times: Queer Patchworks of Intimacy, Precarity and Affect in an Indian City
Viral Assemblages and Witnessing Extraordinary Times: Queer Patchworks of Intimacy, Precarity and Affect in an Indian City Open
This article is based on ethnographic field work conducted in Kolkata during 2019–2021 with queer and trans people during the COVID pandemic. This article develops a new framework of queer patchworks and discusses the various ways through …
View article: Narrowing the age‐based digital divide: Developing digital capability through social activities
Narrowing the age‐based digital divide: Developing digital capability through social activities Open
Healthcare information technologies (HIT) have shown great potential for improving the effectiveness and quality of healthcare services. However, the inequal ability of older adults to use HIT may limit their exploitation of these benefits…
View article: Frontmatter
Frontmatter Open
context of art, design and media.
View article: Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema, Gender and Art
Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema, Gender and Art Open
An iconic filmmaker and inheritor of the legendary Satyajit Ray’s legacy, Rituparno Ghosh was one of the finest auteurs to emerge out of contemporary Bengal. His films, though rooted firmly in middle-class values, desires and aspirations, …
View article: Critical trends in transnational cinema: Inter-Asian productions and exchanges
Critical trends in transnational cinema: Inter-Asian productions and exchanges Open
In light of the shift from the first phase to the second phase of transnational cinema studies, this special issue aims to examine a set of practices of transnational cinema that have been taking place within South and East Asia. In explor…
View article: From Teen Kanya to Arshinagar: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen
From Teen Kanya to Arshinagar: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen Open
This paper makes an attempt to understand the stardom of the Bengali film-maker and actor Aparna Sen, who has been associated with the industry for 55 years. We argue that Sen's star persona is based on a polysemic structure, to borrow Ric…
View article: Ambalavaner Sivanandan and Black Politics in Britain
Ambalavaner Sivanandan and Black Politics in Britain Open
This article looks at the contribution made by Ambalavaner Sivanandan to black politics and organising in Britain. It reviews some of his most important writings and analyses their significance and influence on black activism and race stud…
View article: Underwater recon device
Underwater recon device Open
The purpose of this project is to create a Floating Platform which can be used in open waters for underwater reconnaissance. The platform will be powered using Solar Power and will be able to work for long durations of time. It uses an und…
View article: Transgender-inclusive sanitation: insights from South Asia
Transgender-inclusive sanitation: insights from South Asia Open
This paper provides insights from initiatives to include transgender people in sanitation programming in South Asia. Three case studies of recent actions to make sanitation inclusive for transgender people (in India and Nepal) are presente…
View article: Series Editors’ Preface
Series Editors’ Preface Open
Technological transformation has profound and frequently unforeseen infl uences on art, design and media.At times technology emancipates art and enriches the quality of design.Occasionally it causes acute individual and collective problems…
View article: Acknowledgements
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We also remember the inimitable Agniva in our fond memories, who passed away while this book was in production.Sunil Gupta
View article: Opening closets and dividing audiences: Rituparno Ghosh, the queer star of Bengali cinema
Opening closets and dividing audiences: Rituparno Ghosh, the queer star of Bengali cinema Open
This article explores the Bengali auteur Rituparno Ghosh’s queer stardom. Through an exploration of his key films, writings, and television appearances we establish his socio-political significance in Bengal and beyond. We contextualise Gh…
View article: Coming out isn’t as easy as you think for a LGBT+ person of colour
Coming out isn’t as easy as you think for a LGBT+ person of colour Open
This paper was published in the The Independent, the definitive published version can be found at http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lgbt-rights-movement-marriage-coming-out-disregard-queer-trans-people-ethnic-minorities-a8200346.html
View article: From<i>Teen Kanya</i>to<i>Arshinagar</i>: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen
From<i>Teen Kanya</i>to<i>Arshinagar</i>: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen Open
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in South Asian History and Culture on 23 March 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19472498.2017.1304084.
View article: Game of thrones in India: Of piracy, queer intimacies and viral memes
Game of thrones in India: Of piracy, queer intimacies and viral memes Open
This is a book chapter, it is published in Finn, K.M. (ed.) Fan Phenoman: Game of Thrones, Bristol: Intellect Ltd. The definitive published version is available here http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=5247/
View article: From Scene to Screen: The challenges and opportunities of commercial digital platforms for HIV community outreach
From Scene to Screen: The challenges and opportunities of commercial digital platforms for HIV community outreach Open
This article draws upon data from Reaching Out Online, a collaborative research project that explored the need for, and development of, a digital health outreach service for gay, bisexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM) in London a…
View article: Remembering Benedict Anderson and his Influence on South Asian Studies
Remembering Benedict Anderson and his Influence on South Asian Studies Open
This article was written shortly after the death of Benedict Anderson. It contextualizes Anderson's contribution to studies of nationalism and the Global South, particularly Asia. It then revisits some of the key debates of Anderson’s scho…
View article: Review Article on Queer Studies
Review Article on Queer Studies Open
This Open Access article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in an…