| ID | 191706 |
| Title Proper | Anti/Aunty as Critical Method |
| Other Title Information | From Gendered Resistance to Soft Grace |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ballakrishnen, Swethaa S |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article chronicles the author’s transformation from an anti-aunty Tamil South Asian socialisation to a more critical acceptance of aunty–ness as a queer ethnographer. Committing to reflexive ethnographic methods, I contemplate on the figure of the ‘invisible aunty’ as a way of disrupting the field while also being self-serving to one’s queer body and psyche. Particularly, in drawing from the nourishing strain of critical aunty dialogue, especially around discourse and subversion, I share how my own research and personal identities have coalesced, allowing for a radical reimagination of once-distant terms and concepts. This return to past discomfort and resistance with soft grace and new ability, I argue, is at the core of the critical aunty—or anti/aunty—method. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 46, No.1; Feb 2023: p.135-151 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol: 46 No 1 |
| Key Words | Auto-ethnography ; Aunty Praxis ; Indiaqueer Methods ; Self-Reflexivity |