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Gender and narrative in the Mahabharata /

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: Brodbeck, Simon (HerausgeberIn), Black, Brian (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Printed Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London : Routledge, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Listen but do not grieve--Eavesdropping on the epic--Arguments of a queen--How do you conduct yourself?Gender and the construction of a dialogical self in the Mahabharata--Among friends:marriage women and some little birds--Gendered soteriology--Bhisma as match maker--Bhisma beyond freud--Show you are a man ! Transsexuality and gender bending in the characters of Arjuna/Brhannada and Amba/Sikhandin--Krsna's son Samba--Paradigms of the good in the Mahabharata.