| Strī: Women in Epic Mahābhārata Contributor(s): McGrath, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674031989 ISBN-13: 9780674031982 Publisher: Ilex Foundation OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: This book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic "Mahabharata," and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them. It portrays those qualities that cohere about women in the poem, which are particular to them and which distinguish them as women, and describes how women heroes function as crucial speakers in the generation and maintenance of cultural value and worth. This includes men who have been transformed into women and women who have been reincarnated as men. The overall method accomplishes an ethnography of text, describing a special aspect of the bronze age preliterate and premonetary world as it is represented by the actions and metaphors of "Mahabharata," References to contemporary Indian cinema and popular culture support the narrative of the book, bringing modern valence to the arguments. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - Religion | Hinduism - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 294.592 |
| LCCN: 2008942465 |
| Series: Ilex |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Religious Orientation - Hindu - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahābhārata, and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them. It portrays those qualities that cohere about women in the poem, which are particular to them and which distinguish them as women, and describes how women heroes function as crucial speakers in the generation and maintenance of cultural value and worth. This includes men who have been transformed into women and women who have been reincarnated as men. The overall method accomplishes an ethnography of text, describing a special aspect of the bronze age preliterate and premonetary world as it is represented by the actions and metaphors of Mahābhārata. References to contemporary Indian cinema and popular culture support the narrative of the book, bringing modern valence to the arguments. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGrath, Kevin: - Kevin McGrath is an Associate of the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at Harvard University. |