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