This book brings together many of the most respected scholars in the field of Mahabharata studies, as well as some of its most promising young scholars. By focusing specifically on gender constructions, some of the most innovative aspects of the Mahabharata are highlighted.
This book brings together many of the most respected scholars in the field of Mahabharata studies, as well as some of its most promising young scholars. By focusing specifically on gender constructions, some of the most innovative aspects of the Mahabharata are highlighted.
Simon Brodbeck and Brian Black are researchers in the Department of the Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Brodbeck is the author of several scholarly articles on aspects of the Mahabharata; Black is the author of The Character of the Self in Ancient India: Priests, Kings and Women in the Early Upanishads.
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Family Tree 1. Introduction Simon Brodbeck and Brian Black 2. Listen but do not Grieve: Grief, Paternity, and Time in the Laments of Dhrtarastra Emily T. Hudson 3. Eavesdropping on the Epic: Female Listeners in the Mahabharata Brian Black 4. Arguments of a Queen: Draupadi's Views on Kingship Angelika Malinar 5. How Do You Conduct Yourself? Gender and the Construction of a Dialogical Self in the Mahabharata Laurie L. Patton 6. Among Friends: Marriage, Women, and some Little Birds Alf Hiltebeitel 7. Gendered Soteriology: Marriage and the Karmayoga Simon Brodbeck 8. Bhisma as Matchmaker Nick Allen 9. Bhisma Beyond Freud: Bhisma in the Mahabharata James L. Fitzgerald 10. 'Show You Are a Man!': Transsexuality and Gender Bending in the Characters of Arjuna/Brhannada and Amba/Sikhandin(i) Andrea Custodi 11. Krsna's Son Samba: Faked Gender and other Ambiguities on the Background of Lunar and Solar Myth Georg von Simson 12. Paradigms of the Good in the Mahabharata: Suka and Sulabha in Quagmires of Ethics Arti Dhand. Appendix: Concordance of Critical Edition and Ganguli/Roy Translation
Family Tree 1. Introduction Simon Brodbeck and Brian Black 2. Listen but do not Grieve: Grief, Paternity, and Time in the Laments of Dhrtarastra Emily T. Hudson 3. Eavesdropping on the Epic: Female Listeners in the Mahabharata Brian Black 4. Arguments of a Queen: Draupadi's Views on Kingship Angelika Malinar 5. How Do You Conduct Yourself? Gender and the Construction of a Dialogical Self in the Mahabharata Laurie L. Patton 6. Among Friends: Marriage, Women, and some Little Birds Alf Hiltebeitel 7. Gendered Soteriology: Marriage and the Karmayoga Simon Brodbeck 8. Bhisma as Matchmaker Nick Allen 9. Bhisma Beyond Freud: Bhisma in the Mahabharata James L. Fitzgerald 10. 'Show You Are a Man!': Transsexuality and Gender Bending in the Characters of Arjuna/Brhannada and Amba/Sikhandin(i) Andrea Custodi 11. Krsna's Son Samba: Faked Gender and other Ambiguities on the Background of Lunar and Solar Myth Georg von Simson 12. Paradigms of the Good in the Mahabharata: Suka and Sulabha in Quagmires of Ethics Arti Dhand. Appendix: Concordance of Critical Edition and Ganguli/Roy Translation
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