Parmesh ShahaniUsing a combination of multi-sited ethnography, textual analysis, historical documentation analysis, and memoir writing, the author provides macro and micro perspectives on what it means to be a gay man located in Gay Bombay at a particular point in time. Specifically, he explores what being gay means to members of Gay Bombay and how they negotiate locality and globalization, their sense of identity as well as a feeling of community within its online/offline world. On a broader level, he critically examines the formulation and reconfiguration of contemporary Indian gayness in the light of its emergent cultural, media, and political alliances.
Using a combination of multi-sited ethnography, textual analysis, historical documentation analysis, and memoir writing, Parmesh Shahani provides macro and micro perspectives on what it means to be a gay man located in Gay Bombay.
