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Sexuality Landscape of Modern Kerala: A Discourse on Gender, Masculinity and the Modernity

Sulaiman TK

An enquiry that would light on the past of sexuality and the ways in which the contemporary is of sexuality is produced through its historical legacies. Sexual topics of any kind are avoided in polite conversation in India, and any talk concerning is altogether taboo, especially in Kerala (even kiss of love). This article attempts to conceive of a contemporary history of gender, masculinity and sexuality in Kerala and what extent the variants of modernity is influenced. Kerala’s restructuring in the 1990s era of liberalization has shifted the governmental and political discourses of sexuality. This paper examines the post-1990s public sphere of Kerala as it changes and yet retains its connection to earlier periods. Through the examination of formative networks of cultural practices of the region, the particular study offers a critical understanding of the politics of sexuality, gender and the modernity.