Shikhandi : and other tales they don't tell you /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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India :
Penguin Books :
2014.
Zubaan, |
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| Abstract: | Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women Feminism clarifies women and men are equal Queerness questions what constitutes male and female Queerness isn't only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old, and you will find tales of: Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver a devotee's child Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend and many more |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 179 páginas : ilustraciones ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9789383074846 |
