ISBN:
978-1-108-49255-3
,
978-1-108-71688-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 305 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen.
Edition:
First paperback edition
DDC:
306.76/80954
Keywords:
India / Criminal Tribes Act of 1871
;
India / Politics and government / 1857-1919
;
India / Social conditions / 19th century
;
Transgender people / Legal status, laws, etc / India
;
Transgender people / India / History / 19th century
Abstract:
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
Note:
First published 2019
