Sexual States
In Sexual States Jyoti Puri uses the example of the efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the state. Between 2001 and 2013 activists attempted to rewrite section 377 of the Indian Penal...
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| description | In Sexual States Jyoti Puri uses the example of the efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the state. Between 2001 and 2013 activists attempted to rewrite section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which outlaws homosexual behavior. Having interviewed activists and NGO workers throughout five metropolitan centers, investigated crime statistics at the National Crime Records Bureau, visited various state institutions, and met with the police, Puri found that section 377 is but one element of the large and complex systems of laws, practices, policies, and discourses that regulate Indian sexuality. Intended to mitigate sexuality's threat to the social order, this regulation works to preserve the views of the state as inevitable, legitimate, and indispensable. By highlighting the various means through which the regulation of sexuality constitutes India's heterogeneous and fragmented |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-346372025-07-31T06:10:42Z Sexual States Puri, Jyoti Anthropology Delhi High Court Homosexuality India Naz Foundation (India) Trust Sexual orientation In Sexual States Jyoti Puri uses the example of the efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the state. Between 2001 and 2013 activists attempted to rewrite section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which outlaws homosexual behavior. Having interviewed activists and NGO workers throughout five metropolitan centers, investigated crime statistics at the National Crime Records Bureau, visited various state institutions, and met with the police, Puri found that section 377 is but one element of the large and complex systems of laws, practices, policies, and discourses that regulate Indian sexuality. Intended to mitigate sexuality's threat to the social order, this regulation works to preserve the views of the state as inevitable, legitimate, and indispensable. By highlighting the various means through which the regulation of sexuality constitutes India's heterogeneous and fragmented 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-05-18 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:29 2020-04-01T12:44:19Z 2016-01-01 book 650029 OCN: 945613145 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30071 9780822374749 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34637 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30071/1/650029.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30071/1/650029.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30071/1/650029.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30071/1/650029.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822374749 10.1215/9780822374749 8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822374749 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Knowledge Unlatched Round 2 Durham, NC 103408 KU Round 2 open access |
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