Home
Resource
Sikh queer community navigates invisibility as the ‘terrorist-monster’
PDF
PDF format is widely accepted and good for printing.
Plug-in required
Login required to view restricted PDF-1
Citation & Export
View Usage Statistics
Staff View

Citation & Export
Hide

Simple citation

Singh, Jasleen. Sikh queer community navigates invisibility as the ‘terrorist-monster’. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3R49TXR

Export

Click here for information about Citation Management Tools at Rutgers.

Statistics
Hide

Description

TitleSikh queer community navigates invisibility as the ‘terrorist-monster’
NameSingh, Jasleen (author); Puar, Jasbir (chair); Rajan, Julie (co-chair); Decena, Carlos (internal member); Chan-Malik, Sylvia (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2017
Other Date2017-10 (degree)
SubjectWomen's and Gender Studies, Feminism--Religious aspects--Sikhism
Extent1 online resource (iv, 172 p.)
DescriptionIn this research, I examine some of the dynamics that complicate our understanding of how Sikh queer groups relate to feminist and queer spaces within mainstream North American and South Asian diaspora. Due to their racial, ethnic, and sexual difference they are marginalized within mainstream and South Asian queer spaces. My research looks at the multiple aspects of their marginalization, including their religious identity by which the Sikh community is characterized as a “terrorist-monster” within the post-9/11 era. I begin to ask some critical questions regarding the invisibility of the Sikh queer and feminist groups within mainstream and South Asian feminist spaces, and interrogate the premise upon which the human rights discourse is situated. Furthermore, I critique the notion of the “safe space” within mainstream and South Asian queer politics using the standpoint of the Sikh queer subject. Finally, the vast presence of a virtual Sikh queer community, as an alternate to traditional forms of advocacy, allows us to gain insight into the complex ways in which Sikh queer groups navigate their marginalization as an ‘outsider-within’ the mainstream, South Asian feminist and queer groups, and the larger heteronormative Sikh community.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Jasleen Singh
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3R49TXR
Languageeng
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
Version 8.5.5
Rutgers University Libraries - Copyright ©2024