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Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India

by Serena Nanda · 1989

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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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anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
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gendergenderMore like thisLess of thissexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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IndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisSouth AsiaSouth AsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 208 pages

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