Crafting "Youthful" Desire, "Doing" Masculinity: Narratives of Middle-Aged to Older Men in Grindr Grid and Offline Spaces in Mumbai, India.
This study utilizes queer gerontology as a framework to raise questions and rethink theoretical tools by weaving personal biographies and intimate histories of queer men in Mumbai, India. In particular, drawing on narratives and self-presentation aesthetics of 30 middle-aged to older men in the onli...
| Publicado en: | Ageing International Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 361 - 380 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2020
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