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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 321-331 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Transgender Studies Quarterly |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2018 |
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De-Indianizing Hijra: intra-regional effacements and inequalities in South Asian queer space. / Hossain, A.
In: Transgender Studies Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3, 01.08.2018, p. 321-331.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - De-Indianizing Hijra: intra-regional effacements and inequalities in South Asian queer space
AU - Hossain, A.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This essay advances a regional critique of the Indian-centric scholarship on hijra, a publicly institutionalized subculture of people typically assigned a male gender at birth who often sacrifice their genitals in return for spiritual power. The unexamined Indian hegemony in hijra studies works to reify not only hijra but also India. Drawing on ethnographic research in Bangladesh, this essay offers preliminary reflections on the need to adopt a regional approach in place of a national frame in studies of gender and sexuality, arguing that hijra subjectivities are constituted at the interstice of intra-, inter-, and transregional comings and goings. The regional approach proposed here also allows us to take into account the intraregional and cross-scalar inequalities within the geopolitically constructed South Asia.
AB - This essay advances a regional critique of the Indian-centric scholarship on hijra, a publicly institutionalized subculture of people typically assigned a male gender at birth who often sacrifice their genitals in return for spiritual power. The unexamined Indian hegemony in hijra studies works to reify not only hijra but also India. Drawing on ethnographic research in Bangladesh, this essay offers preliminary reflections on the need to adopt a regional approach in place of a national frame in studies of gender and sexuality, arguing that hijra subjectivities are constituted at the interstice of intra-, inter-, and transregional comings and goings. The regional approach proposed here also allows us to take into account the intraregional and cross-scalar inequalities within the geopolitically constructed South Asia.
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DO - 10.1215/23289252-6900710
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 321
EP - 331
JO - Transgender Studies Quarterly
JF - Transgender Studies Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -