Physical Description:xxi, 186 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm. print
Edition:2nd ed.
Publisher:Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1999.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Hijra roles in Indian society -- The Hijra as neither man nor woman -- Emasculation ritual among the Hijras -- Social organization and economic adaptation -- Kamladevi : a prostitute -- Meera : a new guru -- Sushila : achieving respect -- Salima : an outcast -- Hijra lives in context -- The Hijras in cross-cultural perspective -- Fieldwork among the Hijras.
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