Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context

One of the challenges of writing a chapter on inter sectionality, with a specific emphasis on sexuality and ethnicity, is that specificity distorts the ideal of inter sectionality, which seeks to see people as multiple composites of identities, not simply two or three of these. However, the pragmati...

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Main Authors: Kumar Pandya, Apurva, Pandya, Siddhi, das Nair, Roshan
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Published: British Psychological Society 2013
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description One of the challenges of writing a chapter on inter sectionality, with a specific emphasis on sexuality and ethnicity, is that specificity distorts the ideal of inter sectionality, which seeks to see people as multiple composites of identities, not simply two or three of these. However, the pragmatics of understanding some of these intersections in depth does require us to develop a focus. This chapter, therefore, seeks to investigate the experiences, dilemmas, challenges and triumphs of being a sexual and ethnic minority. Using case studies and narratives from clinical encounters, research studies, web-blogs, and mass media, I chronicle these accounts to understand the complex psychological and political journeys people caught between seemingly conflicting identities have to make on a daily basis.
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spelling nottingham-343762020-05-04T16:38:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34376/ Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context Kumar Pandya, Apurva Pandya, Siddhi das Nair, Roshan One of the challenges of writing a chapter on inter sectionality, with a specific emphasis on sexuality and ethnicity, is that specificity distorts the ideal of inter sectionality, which seeks to see people as multiple composites of identities, not simply two or three of these. However, the pragmatics of understanding some of these intersections in depth does require us to develop a focus. This chapter, therefore, seeks to investigate the experiences, dilemmas, challenges and triumphs of being a sexual and ethnic minority. Using case studies and narratives from clinical encounters, research studies, web-blogs, and mass media, I chronicle these accounts to understand the complex psychological and political journeys people caught between seemingly conflicting identities have to make on a daily basis. British Psychological Society 2013-09-01 Article PeerReviewed Kumar Pandya, Apurva, Pandya, Siddhi and das Nair, Roshan (2013) Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 4 (1). pp. 41-52. ISSN 2047-1475 Same-sex sexual identity development; sexuality in an Indian context; indigenous sexual identities.
spellingShingle Same-sex sexual identity development; sexuality in an Indian context; indigenous sexual identities.
Kumar Pandya, Apurva
Pandya, Siddhi
das Nair, Roshan
Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title_full Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title_fullStr Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title_full_unstemmed Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title_short Same-sex sexual identity development in an Indian context
title_sort same-sex sexual identity development in an indian context
topic Same-sex sexual identity development; sexuality in an Indian context; indigenous sexual identities.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34376/