by Niharika Banerjea & Kath Browne

Liveable Lives examines what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people beyond equality reforms. It refuses the colonising narrative of surviving in a ‘regressive’ Global South and thriving in a ‘progressive’ Global North. By linking the concept of liveability with the de-colonial literature on sexualities, the book draws on individual’s stories, art and writing to examine how lives become liveable across India and the UK, providing a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts where activists refuse local framings of exclusion/inclusion and LGBTQ+ lives are continually re-envisioned.

Embracing diverse methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street theatres, and web surveys, the book stands as an example of a queer collaborative praxis that refuses the familiar Global North / Global South practices of theorising and data gathering.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com

Published Jun 29 2023
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 208
ISBN 9781350286788
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 9 x 5 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing