Human rights and the third gender in India : beyond the binary
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Human rights and the third gender in India : beyond the binary
Routledge India, 2023
1st
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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- <P><EM>List of tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. </EM><EM>Some Useful Definitions. Glossary. List of Abbreviations. </EM><STRONG>1.<EM> </EM></STRONG>Situating Human Rights of the Third Gender within State and Society: An Introduction <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Intellectual Trajectories of Human Rights <STRONG>3. </STRONG>The Postmodernist Critique of Traditional Human Rights Theory <STRONG>4. </STRONG>Postcolonial Approach to Human Rights: Situating Gender in South Asia <STRONG>5. </STRONG>Constitutionalisation and Realisation of Human Rights of the Third Gender in Post-Independent India <STRONG>6. </STRONG>Civil Society and Human Rights Activism <STRONG>7.</STRONG> Representation of the Third Gender in Indian Cinema and Literature <STRONG>8.</STRONG> Globalisation and the New Age of Rights <STRONG>9.</STRONG> Interrogating the Major Paradigms of Human Rights;<B> </B>Analysing the Dynamics of Change and Tracing Future Possibilities. <I>Bibliography. Index.</P></I>
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Description
This book is among the first in India that through interviews and anecdotes relates the experience of the young members of the trans communuty in Kolkata.
This book also reports on the workings of various organisations and NGOs that are working to help and support members of the transgender community in India.
The book is a very detailed and specific study of the experiences of transgender people in India, presented within the larger narrative of Human rights and activism.
Table of Contents
- List of tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Some Useful Definitions. Glossary. List of Abbreviations. 1. Situating Human Rights of the Third Gender within State and Society: An Introduction 2. Intellectual Trajectories of Human Rights 3. The Postmodernist Critique of Traditional Human Rights Theory 4. Postcolonial Approach to Human Rights: Situating Gender in South Asia 5. Constitutionalisation and Realisation of Human Rights of the Third Gender in Post-Independent India 6. Civil Society and Human Rights Activism 7. Representation of the Third Gender in Indian Cinema and Literature 8. Globalisation and the New Age of Rights 9. Interrogating the Major Paradigms of Human Rights
- Analysing the Dynamics of Change and Tracing Future Possibilities. Bibliography. Index.
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