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Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: xviii, 305 pages 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781108492553
- 9781108716888
- 306.7680954
Contents:
The Hijra panic -- An ungovernable population -- Hijras and Indian middle class morality -- The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra -- The Hijra archive -- Hijra life histories -- Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories -- Policing, evading, surviving -- Saving children to eliminate Hijras -- Conclusion -- Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.
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National Law School | General Stacks | 306.7680954 HIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Recommended by Dr. Anwesha Ghosh | 39218 |
The Hijra panic -- An ungovernable population -- Hijras and Indian middle class morality -- The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra -- The Hijra archive -- Hijra life histories -- Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories -- Policing, evading, surviving -- Saving children to eliminate Hijras -- Conclusion -- Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.
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