多样性的线索:探索印度LGBTQ社区的服装体验
Smitha G Kutty1, Chehak Bansal1, Jyoti Aggarwal1
1Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Journal of homosexuality
|April 25, 2025
概括
这项研究探讨了印度LGBT社区面临的服装挑战. 研究结果揭示了服装是如何用来表达身份的,以及通过时尚获得认可的必要性.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 文化研究 文化研究
- 时尚研究 时尚研究
背景情况:
- 印度的LGBT社区是一个历史上被边缘化的群体,正在越来越多地融入主流社会.
- 虽然对LGBT社区的研究存在,但对他们的服装体验的具体关注仍然有限.
- 服装在各种社区的身份表达和社会融合中发挥着重要作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查印度LGBT社区中与服装相关的独特斗争和做法.
- 了解服装如何影响性别和性认同的创造和表达.
- 探索社区对服装识别,采购和接受的需求.
主要方法:
- 进行了系统的文献审查,以综合现有研究.
- 主要数据是通过对11名来自不同LGBT身份的参与者的电话采访收集的.
- 采用雪球采样来招募参与者进行定性数据收集.
主要成果:
- 出现了三个主要主题:服装作为性别/性认同表达的工具,识别和采购合适服装的挑战,以及通过时尚和媒体获得社会认可的愿望.
- 确定了LGBT社区独特的特定与服装相关的问题和做法.
- 这些发现突显了印度LGBT个体的服装,身份和社会融合的交叉关系.
结论:
- 服装对于印度的LGBT个人来说是表达他们的身份和在社交空间中导航的关键因素.
- 解决服装采购和接受问题对于促进LGBT社区更大的整合至关重要.
- 时尚和媒体有潜力作为促进接受和理解LGBT社区经历的途径.
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