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Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 /
Hinchy, Jessica,
Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy. - xviii, 305 p. : 24 cm
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.
9781108492553 (hbk) 9781108716888 (pbk)
India. Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.
Transgender people--History--India--19th century.
Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
306.7680954 HIN
Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy. - xviii, 305 p. : 24 cm
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.
9781108492553 (hbk) 9781108716888 (pbk)
India. Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.
Transgender people--History--India--19th century.
Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
306.7680954 HIN