Vakoch Transgender India

Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-96386-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 199 Seiten, eBook

Transgender India: Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences provides the first scholarly study of hijras, transmen, and other third gender Indians from the perspective of a range of disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences, as well as the humanities. This book fosters a dialogue across academic fields, as authors cross-reference each other’s chapters, comparing and contrasting their views of transgender experience and identity in India. This multidisciplinary approach helps readers understand the complex interplay of factors that have led to discrimination against third gender individuals, as well as paths forward to a more equitable and just future, in ways that go beyond the perspective of a single academic field. This multidisciplinary approach is the book’s most distinctive feature in comparison to existing works limited to individual fields such as anthropology, investigative journalism, and history.  The broad scope of Transgender India is relevant to scholars and students in diverse disciplines who seek a greater and more nuanced understanding of the behavioral and societal impact of these issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vakoch, Douglas A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionSonya J. Nair, PhD, Department of English, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IndiaPART 1. HISTORYChapter 1. Contradiction and Concurrence of Castration and the Fertile Phallus: A Transgender Reading of Ancient Indian LiteratureRuman Sutradhar, PhD, Department of Political Science, Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College, Alipurduar, West Bengal, IndiaChapter 2. The Colonial Censu(re/us) of Transbodies in Nineteenth-Century South AsiaShane P. Gannon, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Royal University, Alberta, CanadaPART 2. LITERATURE AND FILMChapter 3. Re-writing the Subject and the Self: A Study of Transgender Life WritingsShalini Jayaprakash, PhD, Department of International Studies, Oakland University, Michigan, USAChapter 4. Queer Futurities in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost HappinessAnna Guttman, PhD, Department of English, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, CanadaChapter 5. Screening the Hijra: Sadak, Tamanna, and DarmiyaanRamit Samaddar, PhD, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India PART 3. LAWChapter 6. Differs in Dignity: Shame, Privacy, and LawVaibhav Saria, PhD, Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaChapter 7. Time to “Act”: Guaranteeing Full Citizenship of Transgender Individuals in IndiaSangeetha Sriraam, PhD, Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPART 4. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENTChapter 8. Employability Issues of Transgender Individuals in Gujarat, India: An Analysis of the OriginSupriya Pal, PhD, Department of Business Administration, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, IndiaNeeta Sinha, PhD, Department of Social Science, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, IndiaChapter 9. Sustainable Development with Trans-inclusiveness in Indian Families, the Educational System, and EmploymentPooja Varma, PhD, Department of Psychology, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaPART 5. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTHChapter 10. Exploring the Psychosocial Needs of Third Gender People Living with HIV in Hyderabad, IndiaSameena Azhar, PhD, LCSW, MPH, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York, USAJason Vaudrey, MPH, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York, USAChapter 11.Vulnerability of Transgender Women and Hijras and Access to HIV/TB Services in India during the COVID-19 PandemicApurvakumar Pandya, PhD, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, IndiaPART 6. TRANS ACROSS CULTURESChapter 12. Social Factors and Mental Health of Hijras in the Face of Global Issues of Sexual and Gender Minorities Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus, PhD, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChapter 13. Indian Influences and the Transgender Imagination in a Chinese Literary Classic: Journey to the West (???)Peter I-min Huang, PhD, Department of English, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, TaiwanPART 7. TRANSMENChapter 14. “Families We Choose”: Kinship Patterns among Migrant Transmen in Bangalore CityAgaja Puthan Purayil, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, India

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas A. Vakoch is president of METI International and professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He has edited or co-edited more than twenty books covering gender studies, cross-cultural studies, psychology, sustainability, and the search for life beyond Earth, including Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature (Routledge, 2021), Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Springer, 2013), and Climate Psychology in a Pandemic: Environmental Health in Lockdown (Oxford University Press, 2022). His formal education spans a range of disciplines that inform Transgender India: clinical psychology (PhD, Stony Book University), history and philosophy of science (MA, University of Notre Dame), and religion (BA, Carleton College). His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, The Economist, Nature, and Science, and he has been interviewed for numerous radio and television programs, including those broadcast on the BBC, The Science Channel, and The Discovery Channel.