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020			_a1108716881 (pbk.)
020			_a9781108716888 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1139146114
050			_aHQ77.965.I4 _bH56 2020
100	1		_aHinchy, Jessica.
245	1	0	_aGoverning gender and sexuality in colonial India : _bthe hijra, c.1850-1900 / _cJessica Hinchy.
250			_a1st pbk. ed.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_axvii, 305 p. _bill. (black and white)
520			_aIn 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.
610	1	4	_aIndia. _tCriminal Tribes Act of 1871.
650		4	_aTransgender people _zIndia _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aTransgender people _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zIndia.
651		4	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1857-1919.
651		4	_aIndia _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
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