With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South IndiaWhat is wonderful about this book is the originality of Reddy's ethnography. She significantly advances really, transforms - discussions that until now were largely dependent on less comprehensive work. With Respect to Sex will reframe entirely the dominant conversation on hijra identity, which has seen it as being reducible to gender. This is an important book that will be read and reread by a broad range of scholars. Lawrence Cohen With Respect to Sex extends the theoretical context of work on gender in precisely the right direction, moving away from the idea of alternative genders as rigid categories and viewing them instead as multiple identities. Reddy's deep and intimate ethnography makes this book an important contribution to the discipline of anthropology and to gender studies more generally |
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With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India Gayatri Reddy No preview available - 2005 |
With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India Gayatri Reddy No preview available - 2005 |