Hijraism: Jostling for a Third Space in Pakistani Politics

2010/05/18 by Claire Pamment · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Body politic #Gender studies #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Law #Mainstream #Negotiation #Philosophy #Political science #Politics #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East #Social science #Sociology #South Asian Cinema and Culture #Space (punctuation)

paper · doi:10.1162/dram.2010.54.2.29

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Abstract

The tropes of mainstream and peripheral transgendered performers are explored for their playful negotiations in the body politic of Pakistan.

Citations

• “Men” Who Would Be Kings: Celibacy, Emasculation, and the Re-Production of Hijras in Contemporary Indian Politics
• The Hijras of India:
• A Right to Exist: Eunuchs and the State in Nineteenth-Century India

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• Aurat Raj: Hacking Masculinity & Reimagining Gender in South Asian Cinema
• Khwaja sara, hijra, and the Struggle for Rights in Pakistan
• Hijra (South Asia) [wikipedia]

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