2016/05/01 by Faris A. Khan · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #South Asian Cinema and Culture #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East #South Asian Studies and Conflicts
paper · pdf · doi:10.1215/23289252-3334331
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Abstract This essay examines an instance of media activism by members of a Karachi-based organization run by and for nonnormatively gendered people who are known as khwaja siras. By providing both ethnographic analysis and a genderqueer feminist reading of the group's strategies for resisting categorization and surveillance through practices of gender ambiguity, this essay argues for the potential of khwaja sira politics to produce radical subjectivity.