Publications for Rohit K Dasgupta
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Journal Articles
Boyce, P and
Dasgupta, R (2021)
Joyraj and Debanuj: queer(y)ing the city,
Contemporary South Asia, 28(4), pp.511-523, ISSN: 0958-4935. DOI:
10.1080/09584935.2020.1842860.
Yang, Y, Clini, C,
Dasgupta, R (2020)
Critical trends in transnational cinema: Inter-Asian productions and exchanges,
Transnational Screens, 11(3), pp.177-186, ISSN: 2578-5273. DOI:
10.1080/25785273.2020.1823078.
Dasgupta, R (2018)
Ambalavaner Sivanandan and black politics in Britain,
Theory, Culture and Society, ISSN: 1460-3616. DOI:
10.1177/0263276418799874.
Dasgupta, R and Bakshi, K (2018)
Opening closets and dividing audiences: Rituparno Ghosh, the queer star of Bengali cinema,
South Asian Popular Culture, 16(1), pp.101-113, ISSN: 1474-6689. DOI:
10.1080/14746689.2018.1455877.
Boyce, P, Brown, SS, Cavill, S, Chaukekar, S, Chisenga, B, Dash, M,
Dasgupta, R, De La Brosse, N, Dhall, P, Fisher, J, Gutierrez-Patterson, M, Hemabati, O, Hueso, A, Khan, S, Khurai, S, Patkar, A, Nath, P, Snel, M, Thapa, K (2018)
Transgender inclusive sanitation - insights from South Asia,
Waterlines, 37(2), pp.102-117, ISSN: 0262-8104. DOI:
10.3362/1756-3488.18-00004.
Dasgupta, D and
Dasgupta, R (2018)
Being out of place: Non-belonging and queer racialization in the U.K,
Emotion, Space and Society, ISSN: 1755-4586. DOI:
10.1016/j.emospa.2018.02.008.
Dasgupta, R and Dasgupta, D (2017)
Intimate subjects and virtual spaces: rethinking sexuality as a category for intimate ethnographies,
Sexualities: studies in culture and society, 21(5-6), pp.932-950, ISSN: 1363-4607. DOI:
10.1177/1363460716677285.
Bakshi, K and
Dasgupta, R (2017)
From Teen Kanya to Arshinagar: feminist politics, Bengali high culture and the stardom of Aparna Sen,
South Asian History and Culture, ISSN: 1947-2501. DOI:
10.1080/19472498.2017.1304084.
Mowlabocus, S, Haslop, C,
Dasgupta, R (2016)
From scene to screen: the challenges and opportunities of commercial digital platforms for HIV community outreach,
Social Media + Society, 2(4), pp.1-8, ISSN: 2056-3051. DOI:
10.1177/2056305116672886.
Dasgupta, R (2016)
Remembering Benedict Anderson and his influence on South Asian studies,
Theory, Culture and Society, 33(7-8), ISSN: 1460-3616. DOI:
10.1177/0263276416662131.
Dasgupta, RK (2016)
Review Article on Queer Studies,
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 8(3), pp.281-284, DOI:
10.21659/rupkatha.v8n3.29.
Dasgupta, RK (2016)
‘The University will be the battleground for freedom’: solidarity and diaspora organising in London,
South Asian History and Culture, 7(3), pp.308-311, ISSN: 1947-2498. DOI:
10.1080/19472498.2016.1168103.
Dasgupta, RK and Banerjee, T (2016)
Exploitation, Victimhood, and Gendered Performance in Rituparno Ghosh's Bariwali,
Film Quarterly, 69(4), pp.35-46, ISSN: 0015-1386. DOI:
10.1525/fq.2016.69.4.35.
Dasgupta, RK (2016)
Labour wins London: Sadiq Khan and the future of British politics,
Economic and Political Weekly, 51(21), pp.21-23, ISSN: 0012-9976.
Dasgupta, RK (2016)
Kureishi, Hanif, pp.1-3, DOI:
10.1002/9781119076506.wbeps330.
Datta, S, Bakshi, K,
Dasgupta, R (2015)
The world of Rituparno Ghosh: texts, contexts and transgressions,
South Asian History and Culture, 6(2), pp.223-237, ISSN: 1947-2498. DOI:
10.1080/19472498.2014.999441.
Mowlabocus, S, Harbottle, J, Tooke, B, Haslop, C,
Dasgupta, R (2015)
'Because even the placement of a comma might be important': Expertise, filtered embodiment and social capital in online sexual health promotion,
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 21(3), pp.375-387, ISSN: 1354-8565. DOI:
10.1177/1354856515579845.
Begum, L and
Dasgupta, R (2015)
Contemporary South Asian youth cultures and the fashion landscape,
International Journal of Fashion Studies, 2(1), pp.133-145, ISSN: 2051-7106. DOI:
10.1386/infs.2.1.133_7.
Dasgupta, RK (2015)
The visual representation of queer Bollywood: Mistaken identities and misreadings in Dostana,
JAWS: Journal of Arts Writing by Students, 1(1), pp.91-101, ISSN: 2055-2823. DOI:
10.1386/jaws.1.1.91_1.
Dasgupta, R (2014)
Articulating dissident citizenship, belonging, and queerness on cyberspace,
South Asian Review, ISSN: 0275-9527.
Dasgupta, RK (2013)
LAUNDA DANCERS: THE DANCING BOYS OF INDIA,
Asian Affairs, 44(3), pp.442-448, ISSN: 0306-8374. DOI:
10.1080/03068374.2013.826025.
Dasgupta, RK (2013)
South Asian Feminisms,
Asian Affairs, 44(2), pp.315-317, ISSN: 0306-8374. DOI:
10.1080/03068374.2013.795306.
Dasgupta, RK (2013)
Book Review: Review: Queer Company: The Role and Meaning of Friendship in Gay Men's Work Lives, Love Online,
The Sociological Review, 61(1), pp.209-211, ISSN: 0038-0261. DOI:
10.1111/1467-954x.12011_2.
Dasgupta, RK (2011) Queer sexuality: A cultural narrative of India's historical archive,
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 3(4), pp.651-670.
Books
Dasgupta, RK and Bakshi, K (2019)
Queer Studies: Texts, Contexts, Praxis, Orient Blackswan, ISBN: 9789352875849.
Dasgupta, R and Datta, S (2018)
100 essential indian films, Rowman and Littlefield, ISBN: 978-1-4422-7798-4.
Dasgupta, R, Begum, L, Lewis, R (2018)
Styling South Asian Youth Cultures: Fashion, Media and Society, I.B. Tauris, ISBN: 9781784539177.
Dasgupta, R and
Dasgupta, D (ed) (2018)
Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN: 9781474421171.
Banerjea, N, Dasgupta, D,
Dasgupta, R, Grant, J (2017)
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: Critical Solidarities in a Global Perspective, Seagull Books/University of Chicago Press, ISBN: 9780857424433.
Dasgupta, R (2017)
Digital Queer Cultures in India: Politics, Intimacies and Belonging, Routledge, ISBN: 9781138220348.
Dasgupta, R and Dhall, P (2017)
Social Media, Sexuality and Sexual Health Advocacy in Kolkata, India, Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9789386432650.
Datta, S, Bakshi, K,
Dasgupta, RK (2015)
Rituparno Ghosh Cinema, Gender and Art, Routledge, ISBN: 9781317356097.
Dasgupta, RK and Gokulsing, KM (2013)
Masculinity and Its Challenges in India Essays on Changing Perceptions, McFarland, ISBN: 9781476612560.
Chapters
Dasgupta, RK (2019)
KEEP IT CLASSY" :Grindr, Facebook and Enclaves of Queer Privilege in India. In
The Routledge Companion to Media and Class, Routledge, pp.90-98, ISBN: 978-1138493612.
Boyce, P and
Dasgupta, R (2019)
Alternating sexualities: sociology and queer critiques in India. In
Critical Themes in Indian Sociology, SAGE Publications © Sanjay Srivastava, Yasmeen Arif and Janaki Abraham, pp.330-345, ISBN: 9789352807956.
Dasgupta, R and Dasgupta, D (2018)
Introduction: Queering Digital India. In
Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities, Edinburgh University Press, pp.1-25, ISBN: 978 1 4744 2117 1.
Dasgupta, R, Banerjea, N, Dasgupta, D, Dutta, A, Gajjala, R, Rai, A, Harrison-Quintana, J (2018)
Queering Digital Cultures: A Roundtable Conversation. In
Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities, Edinburgh University Press, pp.29-53, ISBN: 978 1 4744 2117 1.
Dasgupta, R (2018)
Digital Outreach and Sexual Health Advocacy:
SAATHII as a Response. In
Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities, Edinburgh University Press, pp.112-131, ISBN: 978 1 4744 2117 1.
Dasgupta, R, Banerjea, N, Dasgupta, D, Grant, J (2018)
Why Friendship as Social Activism?. In
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: CRITICAL SOLIDARITIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Seagull Books/Chicago University Press, pp.1-8, ISBN: 978 0 8574 2 443 3.
Dasgupta, R (2018)
Kinship, Friendship and Researching Queer Digital Media in India. In
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: CRITICAL SOLIDARITIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Seagull Books/University of Chicago Press, pp.53-62, ISBN: 978 0 8574 2 443 3.
Dasgupta, R, Gupta, S, Rao, R (2018)
Global Day of Rage in London: Reflecting on Queer Activisms, New Media and Friendship. In
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: CRITICAL SOLIDARITIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Seagull Books/University of Chicago Press, pp.63-78, ISBN: 978 0 8574 2 443 3.
Dasgupta, R, Banerjea, N, Dasgupta, D, Grant, J (2018)
Concluding Conversation. In
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: CRITICAL SOLIDARITIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Seagull Books/University of Chicago Press, pp.271-281, ISBN: 978 0 8574 2 443 3.
Dasgupta, RK (2018)
Online Romeos and Gay-dia: Exploring Queer Spaces in Digital India. In
Mapping Queer Space(s) of Praxis and Pedagogy, Springer International Publishing, pp.183-200, ISBN: 9783319646220. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-64623-7_10.
Dasgupta, RK and Bakshi, K (2018)
Rituparno Ghosh, Sartorial Codes And The Queer Bengali Youth. In
Styling South Asian Youth Cultures, I.B. Tauris. DOI:
10.5040/9781350988286.ch-003.
Kabir, R, Begum, L,
Dasgupta, RK (2018)
In/Visible Space. In
Styling South Asian Youth Cultures, I.B. Tauris. DOI:
10.5040/9781350988286.ch-004.
Dasgupta, R (2017)
Online Romeos and Gay-dia: Exploring queer spaces in digital India. In
Mapping Queer Space(s) of Praxis and Pedagogy, © the authors. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1-18, ISBN: 9783319646220. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-64623-7.
Boyce, P and
Dasgupta, R (2017)
Utopia or elsewhere: queer modernities in small town West Bengal. In
Urban Utopias: Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan © The Authors,ISBN: 9783319476223. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-47623-0_11.
Dasgupta, R (2017)
Game of thrones in India: Of piracy, queer intimacies and viral memes. In
Unknown Parent Title, © Intellect Ltd, pp.152-162, ISBN: 9781783207855.
Dasgupta, R (2016)
Queering virtual intimacies in contemporary India. In
Queering Paradigms VI: Interventions, Ethics and Glocalities, Peter Lang, pp.197-213, ISBN: 9781906165871. DOI:
10.3726/978-1-78707-145-2.
Dasgupta, R (2015)
Queer kinship in new queer India: From Wadia’s Bomgay to R. Raj Rao’s “Crocodile Tears”. In
Gendering the Narrative, © Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.23-34, ISBN: 9781443877961.
Dasgupta, R (2014)
Parties, advocacy and activism: Interrogating community and class in digital queer India. In
Queer Youth and Media Cultures, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.265-277, ISBN: 9781137383556. DOI:
10.1057/9781137383556_19.
Dasgupta, RK (2014)
Parties, advocacy and activism: Interrogating community and class in digital queer India. In
Queer Youth and Media Cultures, pp.265-277, ISBN: 9781137383549. DOI:
10.1057/9781137383556.
Dasgupta, R and Gokulsing, KM (2013)
Introduction: Perceptions of masculinity and challenges to the Indian male. In
Masculinity and its challenges in India: Essays on changing perceptions, McFarland, pp.5-26, ISBN: 9781476612560.
