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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jessica Hinchy (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 23.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9781108716888ISBN 10: 1108716881 Pages: 323 Publication Date: 26 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Solving the 'Eunuch Problem': 1. The Hijra panic; 2. An ungovernable population; 3. Hijras and Indian middle class morality; 4. The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra; Part II. Multiple Narratives of Hijra-Hood: 5. The Hijra archive; 6. Hijra life histories; Part III. Surviving Criminalisation and Elimination: 7. Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories; 8. Policing, evading, surviving; 9. Saving children to eliminate Hijras; 10. Conclusion; 11. Postscript: Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.Reviews'This brilliantly researched and highly original book reveals how the colonial state equated gender disorder with political disorder. Highly relevant to contemporary Indian debates on gender, sexuality and law, this is a masterful account of the relationship between colonial governance and gender expression, sexual behaviour, domestic arrangements and intimate relationships.' Clare Anderson, University of Leicester 'Deftly reading the colonial archive against the grain, Hinchy has provided a rich and novel analysis of the Hijra community against the backdrop of moral panic in British India.' Kim A. Wagner, Queen Mary University of London 'This brilliantly researched and highly original book reveals how the colonial state equated gender disorder with political disorder. Highly relevant to contemporary Indian debates on gender, sexuality and law, this is a masterful account of the relationship between colonial governance and gender expression, sexual behaviour, domestic arrangements and intimate relationships.' Clare Anderson, University of Leicester 'Deftly reading the colonial archive against the grain, Hinchy has provided a rich and novel analysis of the Hijra community against the backdrop of moral panic in British India.' Kim A. Wagner, Queen Mary University of London Author InformationJessica Hinchy is Assistant Professor in History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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