"Hijra are a publicly institutionalized subculture of feminine identified male bodied people in South Asia who secretly desire 'masculine' men and identify themselves as non-men. Based on ethnographic research in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this book contends that hijra br…
This book is based on long term ethnographic research with hijras, the emblematic figure of South Asian sexual and gender difference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It proposes the hijra as a counter-cultural formation that embodies not only a direct contrast to hegemonic patterns of masc…
This book is based on long term ethnographic research with hijras, the emblematic figure of South Asian sexual and gender difference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It proposes the hijra as a counter-cultural formation that embodies not only a direct contrast to hegemonic patterns of masc…
"Hijra are a publicly institutionalized subculture of feminine identified male bodied people in South Asia who secretly desire 'masculine' men and identify themselves as non-men. Based on ethnographic research in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this book contends that hijra br…
"Hijra are a publicly institutionalized subculture of feminine identified male bodied people in South Asia who secretly desire 'masculine' men and identify themselves as non-men. Based on ethnographic research in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this book contends that hijra br…
