Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Eunuchs-- India
Sex role-- India
Transsexuals-- India
Eunuchs-- India
Sex role-- India
Transsexuals-- India
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
305
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3/0954
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HQ449
Book number
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N36
1999
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Nanda, Serena
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Case Western Reserve University., LGBT Center. ,donor.