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Eunuchs : India's third gender /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yorke, Michael
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1991.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Eunuchs > India.
Eunuchs > Religious life > India.
Religious life > Hinduism.
Male prostitution > India.
Gay couples > India.
India > Religious life and customs.
Eunuques > Inde.
Eunuques > Inde > Vie religieuse.
Vie religieuse > Hindouisme.
Prostitution masculine > Inde.
Eunuchs
Gay couples
Male prostitution
Religious life > Hinduism
India
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
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.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (49 min.)
Playing Time:00:49:23
Production Credits:Director, Michael Yorke ; narrator, Aruna Har Prasad.