Queer Devotees of Kali: Anti-normativity and Ritual in the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
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- Author or attribution
- Suzanne C. Persard
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- English
- Date / edition
- 2026
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- Caribbean Review of Gender Studies; The University of the West Indies
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- Open access
- Subjects
- Recent Research Sources — 8 November 2026; Academic Research; Shaktism; Diaspora and Living Traditions
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Ethnographic study of queer and trans Indo-Caribbean Kali devotees in New York City. It examines ritual participation, religious kinship and diaspora identity. Kali worship is the central subject throughout. The findings concern these historically specific communities and should not be generalized to every Hindu religious setting.
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Queer Devotees of Kali: Anti-normativity and Ritual in the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
Suzanne C. Persard. Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, no. 17 (2026), 419–462. The University of the West Indies. Published 4 November 2026.
KLM000116 | Journal article | English
Ethnographic study of queer and trans Indo-Caribbean Kali devotees in New York City. It examines ritual participation, religious kinship and diaspora identity. Kali worship is the central subject throughout. The findings concern these historically specific communities and should not be generalized to every Hindu religious setting.
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Suzanne C. Persard. Queer Devotees of Kali: Anti-normativity and Ritual in the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora. Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, no. 17 (2026), 419–462. The University of the West Indies. Published 4 November 2026. https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/Ojs/index.php/crgs/article/download/11333/8554/22096
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