Hijras, Lovers, Brothers

Auteur

Vaibhav Saria

Texte du rabat

This engrossing ethnography of one of South Asia's third gendered or trans populations reveals not a group of marginalized others but a way of life composed of laughter, struggles, and desires. The book shows how hijras trouble how we read queerness, kinship, and the psyche.

Contenu

Introduction: That Limpid Liquid within Young Men | 1

1 A Prodigious Birth of Love | 25

2 In False Brothers, Evil Awakens | 62

Interlude: Standing at a Slight Angle to the Universe | 100

3 Something Rotten in the State | 106

4 Love May Transform Me | 140

5 I Have Immortal Longings in Me | 179

Acknowledgments | 197

Notes | 201

References | 235

Index | 249