Beyond emasculation: pleasure and power in the making of hijra in bangladesh
Auteur :
Hossain, Adnan
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316517048
Date de publication :
3 févr. 2022
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is based on long term ethnographic research with hijras, the emblematic figure of South Asian sexual and gender difference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and proposes the hijra as a counter-cultural formation It brings gender and sexuality into conversation with concepts of class, power, pleasure, kinship, masculinity and globalization.