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

Bibliographic Data

ID3945741
AuthorsElaine Craddock (corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume135
Issue1
Pages126-140
Publication date2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01417789231198158
OpenAlexW4389619710
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

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