Shailaja Paik (NHC Fellow, 2022–23)
Project Title
Becoming “Vulgar”: Caste Domination and Normative Sexuality in Modern India
University of Cincinnati
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Fellowship Work Summary, 2022–23
Shailaja Paik drafted three chapters of her work in progress, Becoming Vulgar: Caste Domination and Normative Sexuality in Modern India. She also published an article, “To Kiss or Not to Kiss: Cinema, Vulgarity, and Marathi Manus in 1950s and 1960s Maharashtra” in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies (June 2023). She also spent substantial time in studying and translating vernacular Marathi documents.