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082 _aMIAD TH-0161
_bPAN
100 _aPandya, Shemal (PD003116)
_961924
245 0 _aNarratives emerging around sexuality in Mumbai (Softcopy is also available )
260 _c2018
300 _ax,210p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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
700 _aKhanwalkar, Seema (Guide)
_962046
890 _aIndia
891 _a2016 Batch
891 _aFD-PG
891 _aMasters in Interior Architecture and Design