Teologização da política :  Dissidências de gênero e sexualidade no Hinduísmo

Tostes, Angelica

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Author(s): Angelica Tostes ¹ ^,

Publication date Pub: 07 April 2022

Journal: Horizontes Decoloniales / Decolonial Horizons

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Keywords: Hinduismo, Teoría queer, Poscolonialismo, Hindutva, Género y sexualidad, Hinduísmo, Teoría queer, Pós-Colonialismo, Hindutva, Gênero e sexualidade, Hinduism, Queer theory, Post-Colonialism, Hindutva, Gender and sexuality

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This article addresses the relationship between Hindu traditions and the Queer community. First, I seek to understand some elements of Hinduism in the dimensions of gender and sexuality. Then, I present the consequences of colonialism in India and its influences on Hindu religious thought regarding gender issues and point out which elements of postcolonial theory help in this struggle. I address the gender, caste, and nationalism dimensions of Hindutva ideology that dominate India even today, as these neoliberal policies capture the subjectivities, rights, and freedom of the Queer community.

Este artículo aborda la relación entre las tradiciones hindúes y la comunidad queer. En un primer momento, busco comprender algunos elementos del hinduismo en las dimensiones de género y sexualidad. A continuación, presento las consecuencias del colonialismo en la India y sus influencias en el pensamiento religioso hindú en relación con las cuestiones de género y señalaremos qué elementos de la teoría poscolonial ayudan en esta lucha. Abordo las dimensiones de género, casta y nacionalismo de la ideología Hindutva que se apodera de la India incluso hoy en día, ya que estas políticas neoliberales capturan las subjetividades, los derechos y la libertad de la comunidad Queer.

O presente artigo tem como objetivo abordar a relação entre as tradições hinduístas e a comunidade Queer. Em um primeiro momento, busco compreender alguns elementos do hinduísmo nas dimensões de gênero e sexualidade. Em seguida, apresento as consequências do colonialismo na Índia e suas influências no pensamento religioso hindu em relação às temáticas de gênero, e pontuar quais elementos que a teoria pós-colonial auxilia nessa luta. Abordo a dimensão de gênero, casta e nacionalismo da ideologia Hindutva que tomam a Índia ainda hoje, como essas políticas neoliberais que capturam as subjetividades, os direitos e liberdade da comunidade Queer.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169/decohori

Title: Horizontes Decoloniales / Decolonial Horizons

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Publication date Pub: 07 April 2022

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Volume: 7

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Pages: 77-100

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[1] Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (2014). Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition. New York: Verso Books.

[2] Paola Bacchetta (1999). «When the (Hindu)Nation Exiles its Queers». Social Text 61 (Winter): pp. 141–166.

[3] Anirban Banerjee (2020). «Social Change and the Marginalized: The Case of the Queer Community». In: N. K. BhargavaB. N. PrasadP. C. JainAshutosh VyasAnirban Banerjee (eds.), Agrarian Structure and Social Transformation. Udaipur, New Delhi: Himanju Publications, pp. 39–65.

[4] Homi K. Bhabha (1998). O local da cultura, tr. Myriam Avila, Eliane Livia Reis, and Glauce Gonçalves. Belo Horizonte, MG: Editora UFMG.

[5] Suparna Bhaskaran (2004). Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

[6] Santiago Castro-GómezRamón Grosfoguel, eds. (2007). El giro decolonial: Reflexiones para una diversidad epistémica más allá del capitalismo global. Bogotá: Universidad Javeriana-Instituto Pensar, Universidad Central-IESCO, Siglo del Hombre.

[7] John James Clarke (2003). Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter between Asian and Western Thought. London: Routledge.

[8] J. Correia-Afonso (1981). Indo-Portuguese History: Sources and Problems. Bombay: Oxford University Press.

[9] Shreshtha DasAijaz Ahmad Bund (2020). «The Homonationalist Agenda of ‘Good’ Queers Who Love the Nation-State». The Wire, 13 February. Available at: <https://thewire.in/lgbtqia/homonationalism-india-sedition> [Accessed 2 November 2021].

[10] Rohit K. Dasgupta (2011). «Queer Sexuality: A Cultural Narrative of India’s Historical Archive». Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 3, N˚ 4: pp. 651–670.

[11] Michel Foucault (1991). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. London: Penguin.

[12] Gayatri Gopinath (2005). Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

[13] Brandon GrahamVikram Sundarraman (2018). «The Urgent Need for Queer and Feminist Hindu Theology». Sociology and Anthropology 6, N˚ 8: pp. 665–671.

[14] Stuart Hall (1992). «The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power». In: Stuart HallBram Gieben (eds.), Formations of Modernity, Vol. 1. Cambridge/Oxford: Polity Press/Blackwell/The Open University, pp. 275–331.

[15] Jerry Johnson, ed. (2019). «Hinduism: The Wise See Diversity». In: Jerry JohnsonLoraine TullekenJ. P. Mokgethi-Heath (eds.), I Am Divine, So Are You. Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Harper Collins, pp. 109–141.

[16] María Lugones (2008). «Colonialidad y género». Tabula Rasa 9: pp. 73–101.

[17] María Lugones (2010). «Toward a Decolonial Feminism». Hypatia 25, N˚ 4: pp. 742–759.

[18] Deepa Mehta, dir. (1996). Fire. 108 minutes, DVD. Nova Delhi: Kaleidoscope Entertainment.

[19] Walter Mignolo (2003). Historias locales-diseños globales: Colonialidad, conocimientos subalternos y pensamiento fronterizo. Madrid: Akal.

[20] Badri Narayan (2015). «Memory, Identity and the Politics of Appropriation: ‘Saffronisation’ among the Dalits of North India» (ISAS Working Papers N˚ 215, 19 November). Singapore: Institute for South Asian Studies.

[21] Malyn NewittAnthony Disney (1986). The First Portuguese Colonial Empire. Exeter: Exeter University Press.

[22] , Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan, tr. (1973). Speaking of Śiva. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

[23] Devdutt Pattanaik (2014). The Man Who was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore. London: Routledge.

[24] Devdutt Pattanaik (2019). «The LGBTQ Movement in India». Seminar 713 (January). Available at: <https://india-seminar.com/2019/713/713_devdutt_pattanaik.htm> [Accessed 2 November 2021].

[25] Jasbir Puar (2017). Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

[26] Aníbal Quijano (2000). «Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism, and Latin America». Neplanta: Views from South 1, N˚ 3: pp. 533–580.

[27] Anantanand Rambachan (2019). «Challenging Homophobia». Anantanand Rambachan [blog], 13 JUne. Available at: <https://anantrambachan.com/blog/challenging-homophobia> [Accessed 2 November 2021].

[28] Shashank Rao (2019). «The Hindu Theology of Ardhanarīśvara, the Queer God». Sadhana, 1 April. Available at: <https://www.sadhana.org/blog-1/2019/4/1/the-hindu-theology-of-ardhanarvara-the-queer-god> [Accessed 2 November 2021].

[29] Sharmila Rege (1998). «Dalit Women Talk Differently: A Critique of’Difference’and towards a Dalit Feminist Standpoint Position». Economic and Political Weekly pp. WS39–WS46.

[30] Edward Said (1990). Orientalismo: O Oriente como invenção do Ocidente, tr. Rosaura Eichenberg. São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras.

[31] Cynthia Stephen (2009). «Feminism and Dalit Women in India». countercurrents.org, 16 November. Available at: < https://www.countercurrents.org/stephen161109.htm> [Accessed 2 November 2021].

[32] Muthuraj Swamy (2017). The Problem with Interreligious Dialogue: Plurality, Conflict and Elitism in Hindu-Christian-Muslim Relations. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

[33] Seth Schoenhaus (2017). «Indian Dalits and Hindutva Strategies». Denison Journal of Religion 16, N˚ 1: pp. 55–67.

[34] Nishant Upadhyay (2020). «Hindu Nation and its Queers: Caste, Islamophobia, and De/coloniality in India». Interventions 22, N˚ 4: pp. 464–80.

[35] Ruth VanitaSaleem Kidwai (2000). Same Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History. New Delhi: Macmillan.

[36] Robert J. C. Young (2003). Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[37] Robert J. C. Young (2009). «What is the Postcolonial?». Ariel: A Review of International English Literature 40, N˚ 1: pp. 13–25.