Risky Subjects: Insurance, Sexuality, and Capital.

The article discusses the correlation between sexuality and capital that accounts for subjects without mythologizing their histories, exoticizing their pratices, or discursively stripping them of nonerotic assets. Particular focus is given to aravanis or hijras in India. These people are called the...

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Publicado en:Social Text Vol. 24; no. 4_89; pp. 25 - 66
Autor principal: Patel, Geeta
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Duke University Press Winter2006
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Sumario:The article discusses the correlation between sexuality and capital that accounts for subjects without mythologizing their histories, exoticizing their pratices, or discursively stripping them of nonerotic assets. Particular focus is given to aravanis or hijras in India. These people are called the third sex in other countries. The author also reflects on the relation of sexuality and capital as distinct and separate from the other. Moreover, he treats these subjects as a risky one to explain.