Queer Voices and Identities in Indian Writing in English: Text, Culture, and Resistance

Book Type : Edited Book
Book Cover : HardBound
Size : 7.25*9.5 inches
Pages : 164
Editors : Bishnu Gogoi & Rajib Saha
Publisher : Willconic
ISBN : 978-93-49478-13-8

Queer Voices and Identities in Indian Writing in English: Text, Culture, and Resistance, an edited volume that brings together scholarly perspectives on the representation of queer lives, identities, experiences, and resistances in Indian Writing in English. The chapters included in this volume engage with literary texts through interdisciplinary approaches, examining how queer narratives challenge heteronormative assumptions while opening new possibilities for dialogue, acceptance, and social justice.

The publication of this volume comes at a historically significant moment. The decriminalization of consensual same sex relations between adults through the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India in 2018 marked an important legal milestone. Yet legal recognition alone cannot erase centuries of prejudice, exclusion, or invisibility. Literature continues to play a crucial role in fostering empathy, questioning stereotypes, and documenting the lived realities of LGBTQIA+ individuals. The essays in this collection demonstrate that queer identities are not merely subjects of representation but are active sites of resistance, cultural negotiation, memory, and self-assertion.

The contributors to this volume represent universities and institutions from different parts of India, reflecting the growing academic engagement with queer studies across regions and disciplines. Their essays explore diverse themes including queer identities, gender fluidity, autobiography, intersectionality, caste, class, ecology, mythology, resistance, trauma, memory, and cultural representation. Collectively, these contributions illuminate the richness and complexity of queer experiences in Indian literature while encouraging readers to rethink conventional understandings of identity and belonging.