Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India by Jessica Hinchy

Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India

Jessica Hinchy

322 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
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In 1865, the British rulers of north India resolved to bring about the gradual 'extinction' of transgender Hijras. This book, the first in-depth history of the Hijra community, illuminates the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sex...

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