Beyond emasculation : pleasure and power in the making of hijra in Bangladesh / Adnan Hossain.

"Hijra are a publicly institutionalized subculture of feminine identified male bodied people in South Asia who secretly desire 'masculine' men and identify themselves as non-men. Based on ethnographic research in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this book contends that hijra bring into view an alte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hossain, Adnan (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Gender-nonconforming people > Bangladesh.
Masculinity > Bangladesh.
Sex role > Bangladesh.
Gender identity > Bangladesh.
Masculinité > Bangladesh.
Rôle selon le sexe > Bangladesh.
Identité sexuelle > Bangladesh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Gender identity.
Gender-nonconforming people.
Masculinity.
Sex role.
Bangladesh.
Physical Description:236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: pleasure, power and masculinities
  • Kinship, community and hijragiri
  • Class-cultural politics and the making of hijras
  • Hijra erotic subjectivities: pleasure, practice and power
  • The paradox of emasculation
  • Practices and processes of gendering
  • Love and emotional intimacy: hijra entanglement with normative Bangla men
  • Contemporary transformation of hijra subjectivities
  • Conclusion: shifting meaning and the future of hijras.