Paper No. 8

Paper No. 8

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  Queer Theory... Name:- EktaJayswal Class:-M.A. [SEM:2] Roll No.:- 10 Paper No.8:- The Cultural Studies Batch:-2017/19 Enrollment No.:-PG2069108420180027 E-mail ID:- [email protected] Submitted to:- Dr. Dilip Barad S.B.Gardi English Department [MKBU]
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  Definition of Queer.... A definition of Queer is something odd or unusual,or is an offensive and derogatory term used to describe a homosexual....  Queer theory focuses on mismatches between Sex, Gender and Desire...  Queer is something that is, not normal or abnormal, worthless, strange,feared, questionable,odd, unconventional..
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  Queer means...  Queer:-A broad level to define sexual and gender minorities who do not prescribe to binary normative or heterosexuality.  Homosexual :- An individual attracted to another individual of the same sex..
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  What is anQueer Theory....  An approach that chellanges dominant,social behaviour and sexual identity based on heteronormative,binary opposites; Gay/Staight,Male/Female, Masculine/Feminine...  it is an interdisciplinary critical theory, that emerged in 1990 as a response to feminist theory and Gay and Lesbian studies..  It breaks from the binary heterosexual normative and explores the fluid nature of sexual and gender identity...  It was conceivable because the Gay rights movement in "Out-ed" diverse sexual and gender identities...  Queer theory is often used to designate the combined area of gay and lesbian studies together with the theoretical and Cultural writing..... --------- M.H.ABRAHAM 
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  Judith Butler...  Shesuggested that gender is not the result of nature, but it's socially constructed..  She said,male and female behaviour and roles are not the result of biology but are constructed and reinforced through Media and Culture..  Butler argues that there are a number of exaggerated,discruptive "tounge-in-cheek" representations of masculinity and femininity,which draw attention to the ides that gender is socially constructed and cause what he/she refers to as 'gender trouble'...
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   Her book"Gender Trouble"(1990), chellanged the uniform idea that feminism viewed,a social constructed,binar y view of gender and limited options for individual,sexual and gender identity.
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   The Americanpsychiatric association,in1973,and the World Health Organisation,in 1992, officially accepted it's normal variant status..  Homosexuality is mostly a taboo subject in Indian civil society and for the government section 377 of the Indian penal code makes, sex with a persons of the same gender punishable by law..  On, 2 February 2016, however the supreme court agreed to reconsider it's judgement, starting it would refer petitions to abolish section 377 to a five member constitutional bench,which would conduct a comprehensive hearing of the issue...
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  In Indian Culture....
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   Hinduism hastaken various positions, ranging from homosexual characters and themes in its texts to being neutral or antagonistic towards it.  Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism says Vikriti Evam Prakriti  (Sanskrit: विकृ त िः एिम ् प्रकृ त िः, meaning what seems unnatural is also natural).  which some scholars believe recognises homosexual/transsexual dimensions of human life, like all forms of universal diversities.
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  In Bollywood...  Fire Dostana  Margarita with a straw  Unfreedom...  Kapoor and Sons  Heroin
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  Deepa Mehta's "Fire"...[1996]  Themovie "Fire" which is considered to be first ever Indian mainstream film exploiting the subject of LESBIANISM..  It is a beautifully painful story,acted by Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das.  It's went on to gain a lot of attention despite its rather topic..  We can see that,two women who have similar issues with their frustration with their respective heterosexual relationships...  Every same sex female relationship is a result of failed relationship...
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  Margarita with aStraw....  The most beautiful thing of this movie is that it portras a tricky subject without even once getting to sappy, pitiful or melodramatic..  Starring Kalki Koechlin as a lead, it's a Sonali Bose's movie..  It's not about just portraying sexuality but it's about the bisexual of a differently abled individual...  This is the one of the few films that promises to change our perspective on sexuality as well as the differently abled,and beautifully so...
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  To be continued.... Late Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar wrote "MITRACHI GOSTHA" [a friend's story] also a controversial play dealing with LGBT Issues,a relationship between two friends SUMITA and NAMA..  Dostana, it is a hindi movie for friendship or it is a romantic comedy about two men,who pretend to be gay to get a place to live , throughout the movie, there was a definite chemistry between them and they come to rely on each other...
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  Shakti-Astitva ke Ehesaski...  The story is about two sisters, Soumya and Surbhi. Soumya is disliked by her father and grandmother, but is adored by her mother Nimmi. Surbhi gets all the attention from her father. Soumya is a calm and quiet girl, but Surbhi is a fun-loving and loquacious girl...  In this serial Soumya is Kinnary...
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  A most favouritemovie... "Pirates of Caribbean"...  An example of the fluidity of gender/sexuality can be seen in the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie...  In this film the main character Jack uses an ironic and 'over -the-top' performance of a pirate.  Includes wearing an over- elaborate costume and eye makeup,using feminine and camp gestures and avoiding anything that could be interpreted as machismo...
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  Books for Understanding.... 1. Queering India : Same-Sex Love and eroticism in indian culture and society edited by Ruth Vanita.  2. Myself, Mona Ahmed, By Dayanita Singh and Mona Ahmed.  3. Queer : Dispired Quality, Law and social change by Arvind Narrain.  4. The Man who was a woman and other queer Tales from Hindu Lord by Pardatt Pattnaik.  5. Made in India Decolonisation, Queer sexualities, Trans/National Projects by Suparna Bhaskaran.  6. Love'S Rite : Same-Sex Marriage in india and the west by Ruth Vanita.  7. Because i have a voice : Queer Politic in india edited by Gautam Bhan and Arvind Narrain.  8. Impressive Desires : queer Diasparas and south asian public cultures by Gayatri Gopinath.  9. With Respect to Sex : Negotiating Hijra identity in south India by Gayatri Reddy.  10. Shikhandi and other Stories They don't tell you by Devdutt Pattnaik.
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  Queering India:Same sexlove and eroticism in Indian Culture and Society... Edited by Ruth Vanita... -> Queering India is the first book to provide an understanding of Same-Sex Love and eroticism in indian culture and society. The essays focus on pre- colonical, colonical and past-colonical Gay and Lesbian life in india to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected topic.
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  “ ” Homosexuality is nota disease,this is itself normal,this is not one's individual choice,they born with it... Our Indian culture, understanding of homosexuality from SIN, CRIME AND PATHOLOGY.....
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  Thank You...