the interplay of gender, religion and politics in India
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Leslie, Julia > (ed.)
- Creator
- McGee, Mary > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Jeffery, Patricia
- Publish Year
- 2000
- Shelfmark
- B1229 - B
- Thesaurus
- identiteit, religie, sociale stratificatie, taal, literatuur, geweld, historische perioden, India, bundel
- Description
- Aandacht voor processen die invloed hebben op de vorming en bevestiging van genderidentiteiten in verschillende sociale en religieuze milieu's in India, zoals taal, verhalen, politiek. Bevat de volgende bijdragen: Speaking gender: vac and the vedic construction of the feminine / door Sally J. Sutherland Goldman: Language, gender and power: the sexual politics of language and language acquisition in traditional India / door Robert P. Goldman: The evolution of third-sex constructs in ancient India: a study in ambiguity / door Leonard Zwilling en Michael J. Sweet: Untouchables, women and territories: rituals of lordship in the Parasara Smrti / door Mikael Aktor: From nayika to bhakta: a genealogy of female subjectivity in early medieval India / door Daud Ali: Pierced by love: Tamil possession, gender and caste / door Karin Kapadia: From demon aunt to gorgeous bride: women portray female power in a north Indian festival cycle / door Ann Grodzins Gold: Heroes alone and heroes at home: gender and intertextuality in two narratives / door Lindsey Harlan: Gender and the representation of violence in Pandav Lila / door William S. Sax: Engendering communal violence: men as victims, women as agents / door Amrita Basu: Identifying differences: gender politics and religious community in rural Uttar Pradesh / door Patricia Jeffery.