SUBVERSIVE GENDER PERFORMANCE IN KOTTANKULANGARA TEMPLE FESTIVAL

This paper critically analyses the images of the self and the "othering" of the transgender identity in the public sphere of Kerala in the context of gender visibility. The performance of queer sexuality and gender identity is contested in Kerala where transgenders are forced to displace t...

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Main Author: Kuriakose, Anu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2018
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2018, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-188
Further subjects:B Public Sphere
B Cross-dressed male
B Chamaya-vilakku
B Religious space
B Transgenders
B Kottankulangara
B Commercialization
B Gender performance
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