Beyond Emasculation: Pleasure and Power in the Making of Hijra in Bangladesh

ISBN-13: 9781316517048 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 270 str.

Adnan Hossain

Opis

Studies hijras in Bangladesh, challenging the dominant representation of hijra as either a third sex or a form of transgender.

Spis treści

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.