Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index
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
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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
Eunuchs-- India
Sex role-- India
Transsexuals-- India
Eunuchs-- India
Sex role-- India
Transsexuals-- India
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Case Western Reserve University., LGBT Center. ,donor.