Un/Queering Intersections of Religion and Pride in Nepal

This article interrogates the processes through which the Hindu religious festival of Gai Jatra became closely connected with—and eventually contested within—the modern queer social and civil rights movement in Nepal. Drawing on queer theory, contemporary media accounts, and interviews with queer or...

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Main Author: Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2022
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 69-88
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nepal / Gai Jatra / LGBT / Activism / Civil rights movement / Hinduism / History 2001-2022
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B queer activism
B Pride parade
B Hinduism
B Nepal
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Summary:This article interrogates the processes through which the Hindu religious festival of Gai Jatra became closely connected with—and eventually contested within—the modern queer social and civil rights movement in Nepal. Drawing on queer theory, contemporary media accounts, and interviews with queer organizers and participants, the author questions the role of religion in queer Nepal. More specifically, she asks: To what degree does Hinduism attract, facilitate, or deter an alignment between the queer community and Gai Jatra or other Hindu festivals and practices? Exploring this question illuminates the evolution and imbrication of religious and queer social movements.
ISSN:1553-3913
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of feminist studies in religion