02098cam a2200289M  4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002200063020002500085035002200110050002600132100002100158245010000179250001700279260005300296300004100349520103100390610004201421650005701463650005901520651004701579651004601626942001201672952011101684999001301795on1139146114OCoLCta210202s2020    enk           000 0 eng d  a1108716881 (pbk.)  a9781108716888 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)1139146114  aHQ77.965.I4bH56 20201 aHinchy, Jessica.10aGoverning gender and sexuality in colonial India  :bthe hijra, c.1850-1900 / cJessica Hinchy.  a1st pbk. ed.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press, c2020.  axvii, 305 p.bill. (black and white)  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.14aIndia. tCriminal Tribes Act of 1871. 4aTransgender people zIndia xHistory y19th century. 4aTransgender people xLegal status, laws, etc. zIndia. 4aIndiaxPolitics and governmenty1857-1919. 4aIndia xSocial conditions y19th century.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oHQ77.965.I4 H56 2020pPNLIB21060011r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c197d197