Bibliograph

With respect to sex, negotiating hijra identity in South India, Gayatri Reddy

Type

Label

With respect to sex, negotiating hijra identity in South India, Gayatri Reddy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

With respect to sex

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55887296

Responsibility statement

Gayatri Reddy

Series statement

Worlds of desire : the Chicago series on sexuality, gender, and culture

Sub title

negotiating hijra identity in South India

Table Of Contents

The ethnographic setting -- Hijras, individuality, and izzat -- Cartographies of sex/gender -- Sacred legitimization, corporeal practice : Hindu iconography and hijra renunciation -- "We are all Musalmans now" : religious practice, positionality, and hijra/Muslim identification -- (Per)formative selves : the production of gender -- "Our people" : kinship, marriage, and the family -- Shifting contexts, fluid identities -- Crossing "lines" of subjectivity : transnational movements and gay identifications -- Conclusion

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