Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850-1900 by Jessica Hinchy
Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850-1900
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Jessica Hinchy
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Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850-1900

Jessica Hinchy

324 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1865, the British rulers of north India resolved to bring about the gradual 'extinction' of transgender Hijras. This book, the first in-depth history of the Hijra community, illuminates the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sex...

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