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With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
Gayatri Reddy
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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, Reddy sheds new light on ... Read more
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, Reddy sheds new light on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226707563
SKU
V9780226707563
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