Un/Desirable Encounters at the Intersections of Caste, Class and Religion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3945741
AutoresElaine Craddock (autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen135
Número1
Páginas126-140
Fecha de publicación2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01417789231198158
OpenAlexW4389619710
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas14

Tamil thirunangais (or hijras) emphatically claim that in thirunangai kinship networks there is no caste, class or religion, that individuals are accepted regardless of their birth family. This kinship network creates a space of desirable encounters where thirunangais can reorientate themselves to their community as well as the larger public. Gender identity is central to thirunangai lives, but it operates in a nexus of other forces. Devotional practices within and outside the kinship community provide a space for thirunangais to transgress hierarchical norms of gender, caste and class and construct authentic identities empowered by divine agency

Agency (philosophy · Caste · Class (philosophy · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Identity (music · Kinship · Nexus (standard · Political science · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Tamil · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts