Veerendra Mishra

Transgenders in India

An Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781032387093
• ISBN-10: 1032387092
• Artikelnr.: 67401307

Autorenporträt

Veerendra Mishra is an IPS (Indian Police Service) officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre, and currently posted at Police Headquarters, Bhopal, India. An international expert on the subject of human trafficking, he is founder of RACE Lab (Research, Advocacy and Capacity building against Exploitation lab), India's first anti-human trafficking lab. He was Director, NISD (National Institute of Social Defence), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Mapping the Identity: Historical perspective of Transgender
persons
Chapter 2: Understanding Transgender persons
Chapter 3: Establishing Identity-'Coming out ' and 'transitioning'
Chapter 4: Living on the Extreme Margin: Social Exclusion & Discrimination
of the Transgender persons
Chapter 5: Clan culture- Religion, Rituals and Emasculation
Chapter 6: Interventions required
Chapter 7: From Visibly invisible to Visibility: Transgender Persons
(Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and Rules 2020.
Chapter 8: Changing scenario-progressive stories
Index