Beyond Emasculation - Pleasure and Power in the Making of hijra in Bangladesh (Hardcover)

This book is based on long term ethnographic research with hijras, the emblematic figure of South Asian sexual and gender difference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It proposes the hijra as a counter-cultural formation that embodies not only a direct contrast to hegemonic patterns of masculinity but also as an alternative subculture offering the possibility of varied forms of erotic pleasures and practices otherwise forbidden in mainstream society. While most studies view hijras as an asexual, emasculated, third sex/gender, this book calls into question the phallocentric logic that obscures alternative sites and sources of bodily power and pleasure, emphasizing how hijras craft their own subject position. Ethnographically rich and theoretically engaged, this book will cause a new, global re-examination of both hijras in particular and the wider range of 'male femininities' in general.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	Adnan Hossain
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-1-316-51704-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-316-51704-7
Barcode:	9781316517048

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