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Wednesday 24th May, 6 – 8pm, Seligman Library, 6th Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE
Michael Yorke presents
Eunuchs. India’s third gender (1991)
This documentary looks at eunuchs and attitudes towards them in India, where they are treated with a mixture of disgust, fear and respect. They are castrated men who dress like women and consider themselves female. Known as hijras, their culture and tradition comes from the days when they were guards of the rajah's palace and hareem. The film contrasts the traditional mannerisms, lifestyles and attitudes of the rural hijras, who are still regarded respectfully and capable of bestowing blessings, and of the urban ones, who have become prostitutes living in brothels, flaunting themselves and their sexuality in an extrovert way.
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