hijra

hijra
A member of a third gender found in India and Pakistan.

With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men who sacrifice their genitalia to a goddess in return for the power to confer fertility on newlyweds and newborn children, a ritual role they are respected for, at the same time as they are stigmatized for their ambiguous sexuality. (review).

Syn: khojá, khunsá, khusrá, khwája-sará, mukhannas, nawáb, názir, zankhá, kaurika, kojja, pottai

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  • Hijra — aus dem Panscheel Park in Neu Delhi, 1994 Hijra werden in den Gesellschaften Südasiens üblicherweise als Mitglieder „des dritten Geschlechts“ erachtet, und nicht als Mann oder Frau mit eindeutiger Geschlechtsidentität. Hijra sind genetisch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hijra — en Goa. En la cultura del subcontinente indio, el término hijra (también escrito y pronunciado de distintas maneras) define a los miembros de un tercer sexo, intermedio entre los géneros masculino y femenino. La mayoría son varones o… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hijra — Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning migration (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) (cf. Hebrew הגירה hagirah for emigration ) may refer to:*The Hijra (Islam) (هجرة) is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in… …   Wikipedia

  • hijra — also hijrah, the more correct form of HEGIRA (Cf. hegira) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hijra — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Hijra peut désigner : l Hégire (hijra en arabe), l émigration des premiers musulmans de La Mecque à Médine en 622, marquant le début du calendrier… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hijra — noun a) Hegira (the beginning of the Muslim era, equivalent to July 16, 622, by the Julian calendar of the time) Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426. b) The first day of the… …   Wiktionary

  • hijra — var. of HEGIRA. * * * Hijra 7 [Hijra] [ˈhɪdʒrə] [ˈhɪdʒrə] noun = ↑Hegira * * * ‖ hijra, hijrah More accurate form of hegira …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hijra — Hijera Hij e*ra, Hijra Hij ra, n. See {Hegira}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hijra (South Asia) — In the culture of the Indian subcontinent, a hijra (Hindi: हिजड़ा, Urdu: حجڑا) is usually considered a member of the third sex neither man nor woman. Most are physically male or intersex, but some are female. Hijras usually refer to themselves… …   Wikipedia

  • Hijra (Islam) — For other uses, see Hijra (disambiguation). Hijra Other names The Flight of Mahomet;[1][2] The Migration of Mohammad; The Migration; Hijrah; Hegira Participants Muhammad and his followers …   Wikipedia

  • Hijra (Inde) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hijra. Hijra à Goa en Inde. Hijra (हिजड़ा en devanāgarī ; ہجڑا en ourdou) désigne dans la c …   Wikipédia en Français

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