'Why vote for a fake kinnar when you can vote for a real one?' : representation and political identity among kinnars in Madhya Pradesh, India
This thesis examines the production of kinnar identity in the context of state politics in Madhya Pradesh. As a subordinate group, living on the margins of history, religion, gendered practice, and the social imagination, kinnars (or hijras) are often represented to and by the public as an impoveris...
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SOAS, University of London
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605701 |