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Shifting Religious Sacredness to Forced Prostitution. The Deconstruction of Hijras from Without and Within

Name: Shifting Religious Sacredness to Forced Prostitution. The Deconstruction of Hijras from Without and Within
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Author: Antonia Helesic
ISBN: 978-3-668-90053-0

Term Paper, 2018

16 Pages, Grade: 1,0

Antonia Helesic (Author)

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1 Introduction

2 Hijras – the Third Gender of India
2.1 Who are the Hijras?
2.2 The Dharma of a Hijra as Performer of Religious Ceremonies
2.3 The Hijra Community – New Family and Caste

3 Exclusion of Hijras and its Effects
3.1 Between Blessings, Curses and Westernization
3.2 Growing Up Outside of the Gender Binary
3.3 Outside of the Government’s cheme
3.4 Exclusion from Work Opportunities
3.5 Discrimination in Old Age and Death
3.6 elf-Perception

4 hifting to Forced Prostitution
4.1 The Excluded of the Excluded
4.2 Compensation of Damaged Mental Health with Risky Behaviour

5 Conclusion

6 ources

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Title: Shifting Religious Sacredness to Forced Prostitution. The Deconstruction of Hijras from Without and Within
College: University of Leipzig (Institut für Ethnologie)
Course: Regionale Ethnologie: Südasien
Grade: 1,0
Author: Antonia Helesic (Author)
Year: 2018
Pages: 16
Catalog Number: V462214
ISBN (eBook): 9783668900523
ISBN (Book): 9783668900530
Language: English
Keywords: hijras, india, indien, religion, spirituality, prostitution, society, spiritualität, deconstruction, sacred, heilig, ritual, urban development, mental health, isolation, mentale gesundheit, hinduism, hinduismus, kastensystem, caste system

Quote paper: Antonia Helesic (Author), 2018, Shifting Religious Sacredness to Forced Prostitution. The Deconstruction of Hijras from Without and Within, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/462214

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