Latest / The Pakistan Experience
Fluidity of Identity and a Queer History of South Asia - Dr. Madhavi Menon - TPE 121
Dr Madhavi Menon comes on the podcast to discuss how the Anglo-American conception of identity does not apply to South Asia.
On this deep dive podcast, we discuss how British prudish laws went against how Indians saw identity, gender and sexual fluidity, we discuss gender fluidity in Sufi culture, specifically Sufi poetry, we also get into discussions of consent, the agent of consent, gender performativity, desire, judgment, and our love for the Masala culture of Bollywood. Madhavi Menon is Professor of English at Ashoka University. She earned her Bachelors and Masters in English from St…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.