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Provides insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira--gender nonconforming individuals in Pakistan.
Sommario
1. Governance, thirdness and the Khawaja Sira of Pakistan; 2. Governing thirdness through religion, history and language; Section I. Social Governance: 3. Governing thirdness in the family; 4. Governance in the Khawaja Sira community; Section II. Legal Governance: 5. Governing thirdness by law; 6. Resisting legal thirdness; Section III. Bureaucratic Governance: 7. Governing thirdness at the bureaucratic offices; 8. Governing thirdness at work; 9. Governing thirdness on the street; 10. Resisting bureaucratic governance of thirdness; 11. Waste, governance and inclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Info autore
Muhammad Azfar Nisar is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Administration at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, where he is also the Director of Center for Governance and Public Management. His research focuses on issues related to policy implementation, public administration, health policy, gender identity, and governance.
Riassunto
Khawaja Sira of Pakistan are a heterogeneous group of gender nonconforming individuals who defy traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan, this book provides important insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira as they try to live an unlivable life.
Prefazione
Provides insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira—gender nonconforming individuals in Pakistan.
