Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Redefined families and subsystems: Reading kinship and hierarchical structures in select Hijra autobiographies Subject The topic of the resource Caste; Class; Family; Subsystems Description An account of the resource Hijras or transwomen in India are gendered identities, but their identities cannot be reduced to the conceptual framework and analysis of sex, gender and sexuality. Being the minority in India, transgender lives intersect with caste, class, kinship and hierarchy. The study locates these intersections within the scope of the select hijra autobiographies; The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story by A. Revathi and I am Vidya by Vidya. The study looks at the notions of family which are traditionally woven in heteronormative and patriarchal setups. It examines the gharanas system or subsystems in hijra communities that redefines the structures and hierarchies of the family, and designating the fellow elder hijras with the relation of mata (mother) and cela (disciple), thus forming a kinship which is located beyond the caste, class and religious structures. The emphasis is to study how families are inserted in heteronormative perspectives and argues a redefining of the notion of family,and to establish and recognize the newer perspectives on family which lies outside the traditional setup. AesthetixMS 2020. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tanupriya Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol-12, No. 5 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Aesthetics Media Services Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.21659/RUPKATHA.V12N5.RIOC1S11N1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.21659/RUPKATHA.V12N5.RIOC1S11N1</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098855284&amp;doi=10.21659%2FRUPKATHA.V12N5.RIOC1S11N1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e7ca261f1c0acfbad1285693762a4dde" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098855284&amp;doi=10.21659%2fRUPKATHA.V12N5.RIOC1S11N1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e7ca261f1c0acfbad1285693762a4dde</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9752935 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tanupriya, Department of Languages, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Christ (Deemed to be University)