TY - BOOK ID - 99992017 TI - Governing thirdness : state, society, and non-binary identities in Pakistan PY - 2022 SN - 1009030043 1009082019 9781009030045 1316516717 9781316516713 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gender nonconformity KW - Gender identity KW - Gender-nonconforming people KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Gender-creative people KW - Gender-independent people KW - Gender-non-normative people KW - Gender-variant people KW - Genderqueer people KW - Non-binary people KW - Persons KW - Sex identity (Gender identity) KW - Sexual identity (Gender identity) KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Queer theory KW - Gender variance (Gender nonconformity) KW - Genderqueer KW - Non-binary gender KW - TGNC (Transgender and gender nonconformity) KW - Transgenderism KW - Gender expression KW - Social aspects KW - Gender dysphoria UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:99992017 AB - Khawaja Sira of Pakistan are a heterogeneous group of marginalized gender nonconforming individuals who defy traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan, Governing Thirdness provides important insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira as they try to live an unliveable life. Taking a broad view of governance, this book includes a comprehensive analysis of governance of the Khawaja Sira across legal, social and administrative institutions. It also argues that labels like third gender and transgender fails to account for the gender fluid lives and multiple types of individuals who identify as Khawaja Sira, yet these categories, largely imported from the west, are used without much thought to govern this heterogeneous group. ER -