
EP 50: The Hijra under British Rule
Brown History Podcast
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How the British Colonized the Hidra Community
The British are very concerned with their, what they see as their gaps in their knowledge of the social margins. Hidra gender appeared to the British to trouble a binary category of man and woman. To not recognize their gender embodiment and expression also means that they're seen as being ungovernable because they can't be classified.
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