Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta, DJ Ritu

Broschiertes Buch

Desi Queers

LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain

Beschreibung

A landmark book on South Asian queer communities in Britain and how they have helped to shape LGBTQ+ movements since the 1970s.

Autor

Churnjeet Mahn is Professor of English Literature at the University of Strathclyde. Her research focuses on experiences of racism and homophobia in travel writing and accounts of displacement. She has worked on a range of creative research projects related to post-Partition memory, and queer displacement. Rohit K. Dasgupta is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the London School of Economics. He researches queer cultures, digital media and cultural industries in South Asia. He is also Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. DJ Ritu is a pioneering EDI activist, international turntablist, Rough Guides contributor and BBC Radio presenter. In the 1980s, she established Shakti Disco at the London Lesbian and Gay Centre, before co-founding both the legendary Club Kali, in 1995, and the queer SWANA (South-West Asian and North African) music club Hoppa. In 2023, Ritu was awarded an MBE for services to music and broadcasting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 217mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781911723646
• ISBN-10: 1911723642
• Artikelnr.: 70159467