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Author:   Adnan Hossain (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781316517048

ISBN 10:   1316517047
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Glossary; Introduction: pleasure, power and masculinities; 1. Kinship, community and hijragiri; 2. Class-cultural politics and the making of the hijras; 3. Hijra erotic subjectivities: pleasure, practice and power; 4. The paradox of emasculation; 5. Practices and processes of gendering; 6. Love and emotional intimacy: hijra entanglement with normative Bangla men; 7. Contemporary transformation of hijra subjectivities; Conclusion: shifting meaning and the future of the hijras; References; Index.

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Adnan Hossain is Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Critical Theory at Graduate Gender Program, Utrecht University. His research concerns gender and sexual diversity, heterosexualities, masculinities, transgender and intersex studies, race and ethnic relations, bodies, nationalism, de/post-colonial studies and global inequalities in knowledge production.

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