Hinchy, Jessica.

Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. - New Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2019. - xviii, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-296) and index.

9781108492553 9781009010177 (pbk.)


India. Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.


Transgender people --History --India --19th century.
Transgender people --Legal status, laws, etc. --India.


India --Politics and government --1857-1919.
India --Social conditions --19th century.

306.7680954 / H581