Human Rights of the Third Gender in India: Beyond the Binary - Brossura

Sengupta, Lopamudra

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0367495570 ISBN 13: 9780367495572

Casa editrice: Routledge India, 2024

Riassunto

This book engages with the discourses on human rights as they apply to the transgender or the hijra community in India, capturing not only their larger struggle for legal rights and dignity but also their personal hardships. It situates the issues and concerns of the Indian transgender community within a global context to explore the extent of social justice in independent India.

By narrating stories of individuals, local movements and activities of groups like the Association of Transgender/Hijra in Bengal (ATHB) and others, the book gives context to the changes that globalisation has brought to the narrative around transgenders in India. This shift has challenged their marginalisation and has led to stories, films and queer individuals like Chapal Bhaduri – the jatra rani – and the iconic filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh to flourish and become relevant. This book brings these literatures and personal stories to the fore, allowing readers to perceive the changes and the challenges that Indian society faces when it comes to ensuring the rights for transgender people.

This volume will be of interest to scholars of gender studies, queer studies, literature and social work along with readers who want to engage with the transgender movement and community in India.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Lopamudra Sengupta is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Bangabasi College, University of Calcutta and has combined her academic career with policy advocacy and social activism. She has been engaged with the transgender movement in Kolkata for more than two decades. Her areas of research interest are human rights, gender and development studies in South Asia. She is the recipient of the UGC Travel Grant for International Conference (2018–19) and Shastri Publication Grant from Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (2018–19) for her monograph “Human Rights of the Third Gender in India: Beyond the Binary”. She is the Project Director of a Major Research Project on ‘Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development’, awarded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (ICSSR, 2019). She is presently a member of the West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367495570
• ISBN 13: 9780367495572
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 162
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania