Essentialism, Culture, and Beliefs about Gender among the Aravanis of Tamil Nadu, India

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 489-496

  Mahalingam, Ramaswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Hijras; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142215940     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025828606094     Document Type: Article

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