the androgyne probing the gender within
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Pande, Alka
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- D120 - D
- Thesaurus
- gender, androgynie, transgenders, transseksualiteit, vrouwbeelden, iconografie, symboliek, religie, beeldende kunsten, India, fotoboek
- Description
- Ardhanarishvara is an androgyne Indian god. This book is on the Ardhanarishvara theme in Indian art with reference to sculpture. The author states that the notion of the existence of male and female polarities within each individual can contribute to a better understanding of the diversity in gender expressions than the Western notion of polarity between male and female bodies. The book is illustrated with religious images in sculpture, and with images of gender expressions on the streets and of sculpture of religious images.