QUEER SEXUALITY AND INDIAN TRADITIONS - A CULTURAL NARRATIVE IN RUTH VANITA'S LITERATURE

Author Name: Dr. Raji Ramesh

Volume/Issue: 02/08

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2022-17435876/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Associate Professor, SK Somaiya college of Arts, Science and Commerce,, Vidya Vihar Mumbai – 400077, Borivali East,Mumbai, 400066, India

ABSTRACT

The term “Queer” was traditionally defined as “weird” or “peculiar” in a negative or lowly sense, most of the time. Hence, Ruth Vanita is one of the first authors to use “same-sex love” rather than “queer” in her literatures to define same-sex relationships like gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, and transgender. This article is aimed to define a cultural narrative of Indian traditions in context of queer sexuality in the literatures of Ruth Vanita. This research paper will discover major issues, concerns and practices associated with queer narratives and track same-sex marriages and various queer sexualities articulated with several cultural and political scenarios. Ruth Vanita is a queer theorist who explores major issues of same-sex love in her creative works.

Key words: queer, same-sex love, same-sex relationship, queer sexuality, Indian traditions, literatures, Ruth Vanita