When I was at GU I got a lot of work done by a few students on this issue in the field. The result was extraordinary. Gomantak, yes, they said; but Maratha, no. What did that mean? The Mangeskars were part of this search. W R DaSilva
On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 12:29 AM Frederick Noronha < [email protected]> wrote: > https://www.amazon.in/Abundance-Sexualitys-History-Theory-Q/dp/1478019905 > > > In Abundance, Anjali Arondekar refuses the historical common sense that > archival loss is foundational to a subaltern history of sexuality, and that > the deficit of our minoritized pasts can be redeemed through acquisitions > of lost pasts. Instead, Arondekar theorizes the radical abundance of > sexuality through the archives of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj―a > caste-oppressed devadasi collective in South Asia―that are plentiful and > quotidian, imaginative and ordinary. For Arondekar, abundance is > inextricably linked to the histories of subordinated groups in ways that > challenge narratives of their constant devaluation. Summoning abundance > over loss upends settled genealogies of historical recuperation and > representation and works against the imperative to fix sexuality within > wider structures of vulnerability, damage, and precarity. Multigeneric and > multilingual, transregional and historically supple, Abundance centers > sexuality within area, post/colonial, and anti/caste histories. > *See review in Mid-Day: How the Devadasis fought casteism* > > https://www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day/article/how-the-devadasis-of-goa-fought-casteism-23302028 > -- > > FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAMCR53%2BkEUv2Agi0jQskQp%3DyzFTXa_Kh2kby_yNjUqbz-WOZRg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAMCR53%2BkEUv2Agi0jQskQp%3DyzFTXa_Kh2kby_yNjUqbz-WOZRg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2BvNr4LvcJ0rM0Yy16J27_O4C%2BnSR%3D9EdofvUGBYd_8cU%3D0OXA%40mail.gmail.com.
