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With Respect to Sex

- Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
Af: Gayatri Reddy Engelsk Hardback

With Respect to Sex

- Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
Af: Gayatri Reddy Engelsk Hardback
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With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India—individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men who sacrifice their genitalia to a goddess in return for the power to confer fertility on newlyweds and newborn children, a ritual role they are respected for, at the same time as they are stigmatized for their ambiguous sexuality. By focusing on the hijra community, Gayatri Reddy sheds new light on Indian society and the intricate negotiations of identity across various domains of everyday life. Further, by reframing hijra identity through the local economy of respect, this ethnography highlights the complex relationships among local and global, sexual and moral, economies. This book will be regarded as the definitive work on hijras, one that will be of enormous interest to anthropologists, students of South Asian culture, and specialists in the study of gender and sexuality.
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With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India—individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men who sacrifice their genitalia to a goddess in return for the power to confer fertility on newlyweds and newborn children, a ritual role they are respected for, at the same time as they are stigmatized for their ambiguous sexuality. By focusing on the hijra community, Gayatri Reddy sheds new light on Indian society and the intricate negotiations of identity across various domains of everyday life. Further, by reframing hijra identity through the local economy of respect, this ethnography highlights the complex relationships among local and global, sexual and moral, economies. This book will be regarded as the definitive work on hijras, one that will be of enormous interest to anthropologists, students of South Asian culture, and specialists in the study of gender and sexuality.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226707556
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0226707555
Kategori: Kønsstudier: transseksuelle, transseksualitet, tvekønnede personer
Udg. Dato: 1 jul 2005
Længde: 2mm
Bredde: 16mm
Højde: 23mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jul 2005
Forfatter(e): Gayatri Reddy
Forfatter(e) Gayatri Reddy

Kategori Kønsstudier: transseksuelle, transseksualitet, tvekønnede personer

ISBN-13 9780226707556

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 312

Udgave

Længde 2mm

Bredde 16mm

Højde 23mm

Udg. Dato 1 jul 2005

Oplagsdato 1 jul 2005

Forlag The University of Chicago Press