ABSTRACT In this article, we explore the duality and performativity of bodies as they move through multiple social, sexual and fiscal economies of Kolkata. We offer the story of Sonia, a middle-aged feminine man, who despite a number of obstacles within his family, experiments with a range of sexual identities, and in the process challenges the notion of conformist heteronormative trajectories in the city. Our second character, Nirmala, works as a commercial surrogate in Kolkata. Nirmala's story shows how the cultural script of the pregnant body, associated with heterosexual intercourse and motherhood, is defied by the renting of wombs for profit within the assisted reproductive sector in the city. The personal accounts of Sonia and Nirmala eventually tell a story of Kolkata itself. They underline its transition from older post/colonial economies towards neoliberal aspirations and gendered freedoms. These processes of change remain imprinted in the rebellious, unorthodox bodies of ordinary citizens.

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Nirmala 和 Sonia：通过体现的城市

摘要 在本文中，我们探讨了身体在加尔各答的多重社会、性和财政经济中移动时的二元性和表演性。我们提供了索尼娅的故事，他是一位中年女性男性，尽管家庭中有许多障碍，但他尝试了一系列的性身份，并在此过程中挑战了城市中墨守成规的异性恋轨迹的概念。我们的第二个角色 Nirmala 在加尔各答担任商业代理人。Nirmala 的故事展示了与异性性交和母性相关的怀孕身体的文化脚本是如何被城市辅助生殖部门内以营利为目的的子宫出租所蔑视的。索尼娅和尼尔马拉的个人叙述最终讲述了加尔各答本身的故事。他们强调了它从旧的后/殖民经济向新自由主义愿望和性别自由的转变。这些变化过程仍然烙印在普通公民叛逆、非正统的身体中。