Shamakami

Shamakami
Publisher Shamakami Collective
First issue June 1990 (1990-06)
Final issue 1997
Country United States
Based in San Francisco
Language English
ISSN 1084-2446
OCLC number 24646926

Shamakami was an early newsletter for South Asian lesbians and bisexual women.[1][2] It was launched in June 1990 and was published until at least 1997.[3]

Feminist Collections described Shamakami as a "ten-page publication offers news of relevant conferences and resources, poetry, lengthy editorials, and various personal essays."[4]

It was initially launched in Cambridge, Massachusetts, primarily published out of San Francisco, and edited by the Shamakami Collective.[3][4][5][6][7]

According to Willy Wilkinson, "the Bengali term shamakami literally means 'love for your equal or same,' and is a reclaimed word that describes a woman who desires other women."[8][9] Monisha Das Gupta describes shamakami as an "excavated indigenous term" meaning "those who desire their equals."[10]

Subscriptions cost $10 per year.[11]

Issues

  • June 1990: Volume 1[12]
  • January 1991: Volume 2, #1[12]
  • June 1991: Volume 2, #2[12]
  • February 1992: #4[12]
  • June 1994: special edition[12]
  • November 1994: #7[12]
  • February 1997: #9, special edition published by Khuli Zaban[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Magazines and Journals". Orinam.
  2. ↑ Roy, Sandip (2006). "Desi Queer Datebook". Berkeley South Asian History Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Shamakami". WorldCat. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "New and Newly Discovered Periodicals" (PDF). Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources. University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian: 32. Summer 1991. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Samachar" (PDF). Rungh. 3 (3): 38. 1995.
  6. ↑ "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Periodicals". Northwestern Libraries. Northwestern University. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Kole, Subir K (2007-07-11). "Globalizing queer? AIDS, homophobia and the politics of sexual identity in India". Globalization and Health. 3: 8. doi:10.1186/1744-8603-3-8. ISSN 1744-8603. PMC 2018684. PMID 17623106.
  8. ↑ Wilkinson, Willy (July 2010). Culturally Competent Approaches for Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations in California (PDF) (Report). LGBT-TRISTAR. p. 2.
  9. ↑ Zehra. "Sex Lives and Stereotypes (comment 23)". Chowk. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Gupta, Monisha Das (2006-10-10). "Subverting Seductions: Queer Organizations". Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States. Duke University Press. p. 169. ISBN 0822388170.
  11. ↑ Trikone. "South Asian Gay and Lesbian Resource Listing". Queer Resources Directory.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Shamakami : forum for South Asian feminist lesbians". NUCat. Northwestern University Library. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Legprints". khuli zaban. Khuli Zaban. Archived from the original on October 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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