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Neither man nor woman : the hijras of India / Serena Nanda.

By: Nanda, Serena [author]

Language: English Publisher: Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company ; c1999Edition: Second editionDescription: xxi, 186 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534509037 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Eunuchs -- India | Transsexuals -- India | Sex role -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.30954 LOC classification: HQ449 | .N36 1999

Contents:

Hijra roles in Indian society -- The Hijra as neither man nor woman -- Emasculation ritual among the Hijras -- Social organization and economic adaptation -- Kamladevi : a prostitute -- Meera: a new guru -- Sushila: achieving respect -- Salima: an outcast -- Hijra lives in context -- The Hijras in cross-cultural perspective -- Fieldwork among the Hijiras.

Summary: This ethnography is a cultural study of the Hijras of India, a religious community of men who dress and act like women. It focuses on how Hijras can be used in the study of gender categories and human sexual variation.

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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180)

Hijra roles in Indian society --
The Hijra as neither man nor woman --
Emasculation ritual among the Hijras --
Social organization and economic adaptation --
Kamladevi : a prostitute --
Meera: a new guru --
Sushila: achieving respect --
Salima: an outcast --
Hijra lives in context --
The Hijras in cross-cultural perspective --
Fieldwork among the Hijiras.

This ethnography is a cultural study of the Hijras of India, a religious community of men who dress and act like women. It focuses on how Hijras can be used in the study of gender categories and human sexual variation.

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