Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mishra, Veerendra

Titel

Transgenders in India: An Introduction

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society. The book looks at various themes such as the concept of establishing identity through the processes of "coming out" and "transitioning" and analyses how race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, nation, religion and ability have cross-influenced to shape the transgender experience and trans culture across and beyond the binary. Lucid and topical, the book debunks myths and critiques the stigma and discrimination surrounding the transgender community. It will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of gender studies, queer studies, exclusion and discrimination studies, political science, sociology, social anthropology and South Asian studies.