Hijra



ETHNONYM: Eunuch


Bibliography

Bradford, Nicholas J. (1983). "Transgenderism and the Cult of Yellamma: Heat, Sex, and Sickness in South Indian Ritual." Journal of Anthropological Research 39:307-322.


Freeman, James M. (1979). "Transvestites and Prostitutes, 1969-72." In Untouchable: An Indian Life History. Stanford: Stanford University Press.


Nanda, Serena (1990). Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishers.


O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (1980). Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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