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“Snakes on the Dance Floor: Bollywood Divas and Gay Indian Nightlife”
November 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Center for Gender Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research will be hosting a book talk by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani on November 8th from 2:00-3:30pm via Zoom.
“Snakes on the Dance Floor: Bollywood Divas and Gay Indian Nightlife”
Kareem Khubchandani (any pronouns) is the Mellon Bridge assistant professor in theater, dance, and performance studies, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Tufts University. He is the author of Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife (University of Michigan Press, 2020), which won the 2021 Association for Theatre in Higher Education Outstanding Book award and the 2019 CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies Fellowship. Kareem is also co-editor of Queer Nightlife (University of Michigan Press, 2021) and curator of criticalauntystudies.com.
This event is sponsored by the Center and co-sponsored by LGBTQ+ affairs. For more information, contact organizer Dr. Jillian Hernandez.