Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India (Record no. 59945)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009010177
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Zafaa Books & Distributors
Distributor address : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.
Bill Number : ZBD0474
Bill Date : 03/10/2022
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.76 HIN
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Personal name Hinchy,Jessica.
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Title Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India
Remainder of title : the Hijra, c.1850-1900.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Jessica Hinchy.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Cambridge, United Kingdom
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2019
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Extent xviii, 305 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions ; 24 cm.
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Price amount 1095
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Contents note The Hijra panic<br/>An ungovernable population<br/>Hijras and Indian middle class morality<br/>The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra<br/>The Hijra archive<br/>Hijra life histories<br/>Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories<br/>Policing, evading, surviving<br/>Saving children to eliminate Hijras<br/>Conclusion<br/>Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia
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Summary, etc In 1865, the British rulers of north India resolved to bring about the gradual 'extinction' of transgender Hijras. This book, the first in-depth history of the Hijra community, illuminates the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality and the production of colonial knowledge. From the 1850s, colonial officials and middle class Indians increasingly expressed moral outrage at Hijras' feminine gender expression, sexuality, bodies and public performances. To the British, Hijras were an ungovernable population that posed a danger to colonial rule. In 1871, the colonial government passed a law that criminalised Hijras, with the explicit aim of causing Hijras' 'extermination'. But Hijras evaded police, kept on the move, broke the law and kept their cultural traditions alive. Based on extensive archival work in India and the UK, Jessica Hinchy argues that Hijras were criminalised not simply because of imported British norms, but due to a complex set of local factors, including elite Indian attitudes
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social conditions
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element India Politics and government
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Transgender people
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Transgender people Legal status, laws, etc
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History.
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Personal name Jessica Hinchy
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 06/02/2023 Zafaa Books 1095.00 3 2 306.76 HIN 29063 29/11/2025 22/11/2025 06/02/2023 Books
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