Neither Man nor Woman

the Hijras of India

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • case studies
  • description and travel
  • economic conditions
  • ethnology, india
  • eunuchs
  • hijras
  • india, social life and customs
  • lgbtq anthropology
  • lgbtq gender identity
  • sex role
  • social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
  • transsexuals