With respect to sex : negotiating hijra identity in South India /

With respect to sex : negotiating hijra identity in South India /

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"With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India - individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. H...

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Main Author: Reddy, Gayatri
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005
Series:Worlds of desire
Subjects:
Gender identity > India, South
Gender nonconformity > Islam > Religious aspects
Islam and culture > India, South
Prostitution > India, South
Sex differences
Sex role > Religious aspects > Islam
Sex role > India, South
Transgender people > India, South
Aspect culturel
Aspect religieux
Coutume sociale
Différence selon le sexe
Gender identity
Gender nonconformity > Religious aspects
Identité sexuelle
Islam and culture
Islam
Manners and customs
Prostitution
Rôle selon le sexe
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies
Sex role
Transgender people
Transsexualisme
Transsexualität
Transsexuel
Vie sociale
Hyderabad (India) > Social life and customs
Secunderābād (India) > Social life and customs
Hyderabad (Inde)
Hyderabad > Telangana
Inde (Sud)
India > Hyderabad
India > Secunderābād
South India
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