Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy.

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 sexuality and the production of colonial knowl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Hinchy, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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