ISBN:
978-1-138-74548-3
,
1-138-74548-0
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 142 Seiten
Keywords:
Indien Transsexualität
;
Hijra
;
Menschenrecht
;
Recht
;
LGBT
;
Soziale Bedingungen
;
Soziales Leben
;
Diskriminierung
;
Literatur
Abstract:
This book engages with the discourses on human rights as they apply to the transgender or the hijra community in India, capturing not only their larger struggle for legal rights and dignity but also their personal hardships. It situates the issues and concerns of the Indian transgender community within a global context to explore the extent of social justice in independent India.By narrating stories of individuals, local movements and activities of groups like the Association of Transgenders and Hijras in Bengal, and the Pratyay Gender Trust, the book gives context to the changes that globalisation has brought to the narrative around transgenders in India. The shift caused by globalisation has challenged their marginalisation and has led to stories, films and queer individuals like Chapal Bhaduri - the jatra rani - and the iconic filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh to flourish and become relevant. This book brings these literatures and personal stories to the fore to allow readers to perceive the changes and the challenges that Indian society faces when it comes to ensuring the rights for transgender people.This volume will be of interest to scholars of gender studies, queer studies, literature and social work along with readers who want to engage with the transgender movement and community in India.
Description / Table of Contents:
Situating human rights of the third gender within state and society: an introduction --. Intellectual trajectories of human rights --. The postmodernist critique of traditional human rights theory --. Postcolonial approach to human rights: situating gender in South Asia --. Constitutionalisation and realisation of human rights of the third gender in post-independent India --. Civil society and human rights activism --. Representation of the third gender in Indian cinema and literature --. Globalisation and the new age of rights --. Interrogating the major paradigms of human rights; analysing the dynamics of change and tracing future possibilities.
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