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Eunuchs : India's third gender / by Michael Yorke.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Yorke, Michael.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eunuchs--India--Religious life.
- Eunuchs.
- Eunuchs--India.
- Gay couples--India.
- Gay couples.
- Male prostitution--India.
- Male prostitution.
- Religious life--Hinduism.
- Religious life.
- India--Religious life and customs.
- India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (49 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1991.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration.
- Notes:
- Previously released on DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011).
- Recorded Rajkot, Gujarat Recorded Rajasthan, India Recorded Mumbai, Maharashtra 0000.
- OCLC:
- 773797048
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