Tara Atluri
Tara Atluri is currently pursuing postdoctoral studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science after completing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her interest in gender and sexuality in the Caribbean began after spending time as a student and researcher for the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados. It was at Cave Hill that she published her first scholarly piece, an undergraduate paper titled, “When the Closet is a Nation? Heterosexism, Homophobia and Nationalism in the Caribbean.” Her research interests include “race”, gender, sexuality, psychoanalysis, popular and visual cultures. She is currently researching and writing about sexuality in postcolonial contexts. In particular, she is revisiting the work of Frantz Fanon for the profound insight his writing continues to offer regarding the imbrication of colonial and sexual genealogies both in the Caribbean and other postcolonial contexts. Dr. Atluri’s most recent publications can be found in the UK journals Media, Culture and Society; Subjectivity; and The Social Psychology Personality Compass as well as forthcoming edited Canadian books such as The Reena Virk Memorial Anthology (Canadian Scholars Press, 2010) and In-between Spaces: Aboriginal Women and Women of Colour's Film in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2010). She continues to be active in grassroots anti-racist and feminist activism transnationally.
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