Overview
- Multidisciplinary perspectives on transgender individuals
- Contains historical background and focuses on Indian culture
- Chapters are cross-referenced for consistency
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About this book
Transgender India: Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences provides the first scholarly study of hijras, transmen, and other third gender Indians from the perspective of a range of disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences, as well as the humanities. This book fosters a dialogue across academic fields, as authors cross-reference each other’s chapters, comparing and contrasting their views of transgender experience and identity in India. This multidisciplinary approach helps readers understand the complex interplay of factors that have led to discrimination against third gender individuals, as well as paths forward to a more equitable and just future, in ways that go beyond the perspective of a single academic field. This multidisciplinary approach is the book’s most distinctive feature in comparison to existing works limited to individual fields such as anthropology, investigative journalism, and history. The broad scope of Transgender Indiais relevant to scholars and students in diverse disciplines who seek a greater and more nuanced understanding of the behavioral and societal impact of these issues.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Transmen
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Douglas A. Vakoch is president of METI International and professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He has edited or co-edited more than twenty books covering gender studies, cross-cultural studies, psychology, sustainability, and the search for life beyond Earth, including Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature (Routledge, 2021), Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Springer, 2013), and Climate Psychology in a Pandemic: Environmental Health in Lockdown (Oxford University Press, 2022). His formal education spans a range of disciplines that inform Transgender India: clinical psychology (PhD, Stony Book University), history and philosophy of science (MA, University of Notre Dame), and religion (BA, Carleton College). His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, The Economist, Nature, and Science, and he has been interviewed for numerous radio and television programs, including those broadcast on the BBC, The Science Channel, and The Discovery Channel.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transgender India
Book Subtitle: Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences
Editors: Douglas A. Vakoch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96386-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96385-9Published: 19 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96388-0Published: 20 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96386-6Published: 18 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 199
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychology, general, Gender Studies