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Towards Greater Civility: Public Morality and Transversal Queer/Feminist Politics in India / Gopal, Meena   Journal Article
Gopal, Meena Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This paper explores how queer/feminist practices and articulations—by offering critical perspectives on the intersections of caste, labour and sexuality—have tried to draw attention to the marginalisation of people expressing non-normative genders and sexualities. Adapting lessons from the women’s movement, which resonates with some of the principles of an Ambedkarite vision of democracy, queer and feminist activists adopt and practise a transversal politics in continuing their struggle for solidarity and justice. Specifically, the paper addresses how queer/feminists use the transversal dialogic political space to highlight contentions around sexual labour, from the 2005 ban on bar dancers to the 2017 Chalo Nagpur campaign. The practice of this politics draws upon the experience of queer and feminist collectives in western India, and finds resonance with Ambedkar’s radical conception of democracy via a steadfast commitment to learn and engage in politics under changed circumstances.
Key Words Democracy  Caste  Dialogue  Ambedkar  Dalit  Sexual Labour 
Queer/Feminist  Transversal Politics  Women’s Movement 
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Unintended consequences of intimacy: political economies of peacekeeping and sex tourism / Jennings, Kathleen M   Journal Article
Jennings, Kathleen M Journal Article
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Publication 2010.
Summary/Abstract This article assess whether peacekeeping economies are disposed to become sex tourism economies. It argues that, like sex tourism economies, peacekeeping economies are to a greater or lesser degree dependent on the exploitation of women's and girls' sexual labour. The article examines some of the gendered roles and relations that are established or reinforced by peacekeeping economies, and whether these will likely continue beyond the life of the peacekeeping operation. It argues that the similarities between peacekeeping and sex tourism economies are indicative of a possible link between foreign military presence and sex tourism, but also that the UN's position as a political, humanitarian and development actor gives it a special responsibility to prevent this happening.
Key Words Peacekeeping  Humanitarian  Women  Sex Tourism  Girls  Political Economies 
Sexual Labour  United Nations 
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