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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Publication date
August 15, 2015
Pages
179
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789383074846
ISBN-10
9383074841
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.36 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock
Original list price
$19.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Patriarchy asserts that men are superior to women, feminism clarifies that women and men are equal, and queerness questions what constitutes male and female. One of the few people to talk frankly and sensitively about queerness and religion, celebrated Indian mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains that queerness isnât only modern, Western, or sexual. Rather, by looking at the vast written and oral traditions of Hinduism, he finds many overlooked tales with queerness at their center, some over two thousand years old. Thereâs Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver her devoteeâs child; Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband; Samavan, who became the wife of his male friendÂand many, many more.
In Shikhandi, and Other Tales They Donât Tell You, Pattanaik recounts these stories and explores the importance of mythologies in understanding the modern Indian mindset. Playful, touching, and sometimes disturbing, when Shikhandiâs stories are compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese, and Biblical counterparts, they reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
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ÂPattanaik is a master storytellerâ ÂBibek Debroy, translator of The Bhagavad Gita
In Shikhandi, and Other Tales They Donât Tell You, Pattanaik recounts these stories and explores the importance of mythologies in understanding the modern Indian mindset. Playful, touching, and sometimes disturbing, when Shikhandiâs stories are compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese, and Biblical counterparts, they reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
Â
ÂPattanaik is a master storytellerâ ÂBibek Debroy, translator of The Bhagavad Gita
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from Zubaan Books (August 15, 2015)
9789383074846 | details & prices | 179 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $19.00
About: Patriarchy asserts that men are superior to women, feminism clarifies that women and men are equal, and queerness questions what constitutes male and female.
About: Patriarchy asserts that men are superior to women, feminism clarifies that women and men are equal, and queerness questions what constitutes male and female.
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