Jessica Hinchy writes on how colonial officials sought to eliminate and ‘fix’ the gender identity of ‘Hijras’, who are often termed ‘transgender’, and the contemporary resonance of this process.
Tag: South Asia
Virtual Special Issue: South Asia
A special, free-access compilation of articles on South Asian history from History Workshop Journal
Radical Objects: Photo of Mewa Singh’s Funeral Procession 1915
Melanie Hardbattle on a discovery from the history of Asian immigration into Canada, made in the Special Collections and Rare Books department at Simon Fraser University Library
