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AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF KINSHIP SYSTEM AMONG TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02      10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02      Published : Dec 2016

An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan

Abstract

    The article examines the ideas of family relationship frameworks in transgender network. Inspecting their Kinship frameworks and connections with regards to familial traditions, ceremonies, standards and qualities in transgender network. Analysts investigate how transgender characterized their connection frameworks with regards to transgender network. By leading 22 inside and out meetings from transgender individuals at their Deras (house) with snowball sampling with taking part in member perception in help bunch gatherings, get-together, where scientists had the option to gather wide scope of information with the assistance of key witness and use in examination. Analysts looked to comprehend the manners by which transgender individuals recognize the spot of connection in their own lives. Scientist consider the rights with regards to transgender network, power elements that are implanted in trans family relationship framework.

    Transgender, Transgender Kinship system, Cultural practices

    (1) Muhammad Asim Nawaz
    Student, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-AAUR, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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    APA : Nawaz, M. A., & Chaudhry, A. G. (2016). An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, I(I), 7-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02

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    CHICAGO : Nawaz, Muhammad Asim, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. 2016. "An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, I (I): 7-13 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02

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    HARVARD : NAWAZ, M. A. & CHAUDHRY, A. G. 2016. An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, I, 7-13.

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    MHRA : Nawaz, Muhammad Asim, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. 2016. "An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, I: 7-13

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    OXFORD : Nawaz, Muhammad Asim and Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor (2016), "An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, I (I), 7-13

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    TURABIAN : Nawaz, Muhammad Asim, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. "An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review I, no. I (2016): 7-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02