Shifting gender positions among Hindi-speaking hijras

Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 228-266

  Hall, Kira ^a   O’donovan, Veronica ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315842745-10     Document Type: Chapter

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