Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India
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Author(s)Nanda, Serena
PublisherCengage Learning
ISBN / ASIN0534509037
ISBN-139780534509033
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank346,269
CategorySocial Science
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This ethnography is a cultural study of the Hijras of India, a religious community of men who dress and act like women. It focuses on how Hijras can be used in the study of gender categories and human sexual variation.
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