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With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition
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- Title With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
- Author Gayatri Reddy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
- Date July 1, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226707556 / 0226707555
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.32 x 0.94 in (23.42 x 16.05 x 2.39 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Indian
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Lgbt
- Library of Congress subjects Transgender people - India, South, Transgenderism - Religious aspects - Islam
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004015754
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.309
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New. <i>With Respect to Sex</i> is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are <i>hijras</i> or the "third sex" of Indiaâindividuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane.<br /><br /><i>Hijras</i> 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 <i>hijra</i> community, Gayatri Reddy sheds new light on Indian society and the intricate negotiations of identity across various domains of everyday life. Further, by reframing <i>hijra</i> identity through the local economy of respect, this ethnography highlights the complex relationships among local and global, sexual and…
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