Neither man nor woman : the hijras of India /
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.
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Belmont, CA :
Wadsworth Pub. Co.,
c1999.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Nanda, Serena. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Neither man nor woman : |b the hijras of India / |c Serena Nanda. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Hijras of India |
| 250 | |a 2nd ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Belmont, CA : |b Wadsworth Pub. Co., |c c1999. | ||
| 300 | |a xxi, 186 p., [8] p. of plates : |b col. ill., map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Eunuchs |z India. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Transsexuals |z India. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sex role |z India. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Nanda, Serena. |t Neither man nor woman. |b 2nd ed. |d Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1999 |w (OCoLC)988747695 |
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