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Based on six weeks of research in Gujarat, India, this article examines how the hijras of India resist marginalisation and negotiate legitimacy within Indian society. I explore the aesthetic authenticity hijras are expected to uphold. I also analyse the extent to which these authenticating expectations cause legitimacy versus marginalisation in relation to how much choice and resistance is available to hijras. Finally, I examine how suffering can lead to solidarity which, this article will argue, forms a platform from which hijras can challenge marginalisation through participation in the media and politics.
Author(s): Troy Charley
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Irish Journal of Anthropology
Year: 2018
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Acceptance date: 01/07/2016
ISSN (print): 1393-8592
Publisher: The Anthropological Association of Ireland
