"Men" who would be kings: Celibacy, emasculation, and the re-production of hijras in contemporary Indian politics

Social Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Reddy, Gayatri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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