Narratives emerging around sexuality in Mumbai (Softcopy is also available )
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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT I
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII
INTRODUCTION 1
Study Overview 3
Mumbai 10
The cultural composition of the city. 11
The space crunch. 13
My relationship with Mumbai. 13
Thesis outline 15
LITERATURE REVIEW 17
Cities 17
Sexuality 34
Cities and Sexualities 41
Conclusion 50
METHODS 52
Ethnography 53
Context and Participants 57
Aditya. 59
Alyssa Edward. 60
Avantika. 61 iv
Black Hound. 61
Jay. 62
John Doe. 62
Unpoet. 63
Vinay. 63
Virginia Wolf. 64
Data Collection 64
First Interview. 65
Participatory Visual Collection. 67
Second Interview. 69
Ethics 70
My positionality 71
Coding and Analysis 72
Limitations of the data 73
Conclusion 74
NARRATIVES 75
Morning 75
Afternoon 83
Evening 93
Night 107
A COMMENTARY 119
Narratives about sexuality 119
Sexuality does not matter. 119
Sexuality as my Body. 121
Sexuality as political identity. 123
Narratives about/around Sexual culture 124
Popular Notions. 124
Relationships. 126
Emotions. 127 v
Morality. 129
Consent. 130
Narratives about Society and Norms 131
Discrimination. 131
Shock. 133
Privilege. 134
Normative sexuality. 134
Narratives about the city 136
People in Mumbai. 136
Places in Mumbai. 139
Safe Mumbai. 140
Mumbai to Goa. 140
Narratives in spaces 143
Spaces with human actors. 143
Singular actor. 143
Multiple actors. 143
Spaces with non-human actors. 144
Nature. 144
Food. 145
Memory. 146
Built Environment. 147
Digital. 148
Spaces of Information. 148
Spaces to connect. 150
Spaces of pornography. 151
CONCLUSION 153
CONTRIBUTION 161
APPENDIX A: AN EXTENDED COMMENTARY 165
APPENDIX B: CONVERSATIONS 170
Sample One 170
Sample Two 171 vi
APPENDIX C: THE QUESTIONNAIRE 172
First Interview 172
Interview Two 175
APPENDIX D: CONSENT FORM 177
APPENDIX E: IMAGES FROM PARTICIPANTS 181
Alyssa Edward 181
Avantika 182
Black Hound 185
Jay 186
John Doe 188
Unpoet 191
Vinay 194
Virginia Wolf 195
REFERENCES 199
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