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 / Aktivismus / Bürgerrechtsbewegung / Hinduismus / Geschichte 2001-2022
RelBib 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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