Presentation
Indian trans activism in the aftermath of COVID-19
Center for Applied Transgender Studies
The distinguished lecture series
05/11/2022
Abstract
Transgender and gender non-conforming people, particularly largely working-class and Dalit (oppressed-caste) communities such as kothis and hijras, are among those hit hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The pandemic has been exacerbated by the policies of the Indian state, which demonstrate an unstable assemblage or conjuncture of neoliberal and developmentalist tendencies, in keeping with long-term systemic patterns in the region. The talk situates contemporary Indian trans activism within the context of the neoliberal-developmentalist assemblage that characterizes governance in contemporary India, and examines the variable ways in which such activism negotiates fractures and contradictions within state apparatuses and modes of governance. Trans communities and activists from varied and unequal class/caste backgrounds engage the state in multiple ways, sometimes bolstering and suturing neoliberal and developmentalist modes of governance and sometimes challenging or undermining them and even playing them against each other. The talk will trace these varied negotiations and analyze how they not only enable the survival of trans-kothi-hijra people through the pandemic but also demonstrate ways in which activists may push back against the state’s simultaneous regulation and neglect of their communities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Indian trans activism in the aftermath of COVID-19
- Creators
- Aniruddha Dutta
- Contributors
- Thomas J. Billard (Contributor)
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Event
- The distinguished lecture series
- ISBN
- 9781529694208; 1529694205
- Publisher
- Center for Applied Transgender Studies; Place of publication not identified
- Size
- 1:01:20 hours
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/11/2022
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures; International Programs; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984643756802771
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