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ID: 300435118
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300435118

 

Record Type: concept
hijras (<people by gender or sex>, people (agents), People (hierarchy name))

 

Note: In India and elsewhere in South Asia, this term may describe people who are intersex, androgynous, transgender, or who have been born male, but adopt a female gender identity. Hijra people may be considered non-binary, that is neither male nor female, not associating themselves with a specific sexual orientation.
 
Terms:
hijras (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
hijra (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of People (hierarchy name)
.... People (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of people (agents)
........ people (agents) (G)
Hierarchy of <people by gender or sex>
............ <people by gender or sex> (G)
Hierarchy of hijras
................ hijras (G)

Sources and Contributors:
hijra............  [VP]
..............  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
hijras............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Contributed as a candidate term user correspondence
.................  Nanda, Neither Man Nor Woman: Hijras of India (1999) title
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................  Reddy, With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity (2010)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Nanda, Neither Man Nor Woman: Hijras of India (1999)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

 

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