vii Preface, xvii 1 Background and History, 3 Introduction, 3 Terminology, 4 Sex, 5 Gender, 6 Other Terms, 8 From the Ancients to the 1700s—Recognition of Gender Diversity, 9 Gender Diversity and the Imposition of Eurocentric Laws and Religion, 11 Problems with Western Terminology: Case in Point, the Hijras of India, 13 De-Colonial Recovery Projects, 15 Gender Diversity in Spiritual and Religious Practices, 15 Ancient Egypt, 15 India and Nepal, 16 Ancient Judaism, 16 Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Sexology, 17 The 1890s to the 1940s: Popular Culture, 20 Contents
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