IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Transcending Gender Divisions: A Study of Laxmi Narayan Tripathi’s Me Hijra Me Laxmi

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S Anjali Mohan,Dr. K. R. VIJAYA

Abstract

The present paper takes into account the self-narrative of transgender writer Laxmi Narayan Tripathi from the perspective of physical identity and gender performativity. This paper attempts to investigate gender roles from the perspective of heteronomous gender culture. The world we live in now defines sexual orientation solely in terms of femininity and masculinity since the creation of the universe.Any deviation from this binary orientation is either rejected or regarded as deviant across cultural boundaries. Owingto their distinctive sexual identity, which is built through these gender roles, the third gender is given different gender roles as a result of ‘exclusion’. People of the third gender are pervasive in all civilizations, even though society views them as deviant or a disgrace. They are treated as physiological blunders in India, where they receive therapy to help them change so they can become part of society.In these countries, heterosexuals have the authority to define the sexual identity of another gender.Understanding the fundamental characteristics of both the marginalised hijra people and the community is the purpose of the study. This investigation will demonstrate aspects like how hijras interpret the ideas of sex and gender to evaluate their position. The social structure of the hijra community will also be examined in this study.

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