Contested Bodies: Negotiating Transfemininity and Devotion in Rural South India
Contested Bodies: Negotiating Transfemininity and Devotion in Rural South India
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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This article examines regional notions and practices of trans·femininity and how cross-regional concepts of trans·femininity play within these. The jögappas, a male-to-female trans·community in rural North Karnataka, worship the deity Ellámmá in her local manifestation as initiated devotees. As part of their service to Ellámmá, they adopt signs of...
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Contested Bodies: Negotiating Transfemininity and Devotion in Rural South India
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1882-6865
