Deutsche Gesellschaft
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188536

Hinduism and gender

mythologizing and othering women

Diana Dimitrova

pp. 97-157

Abstrakt

This chapter discusses the interpretation of Hinduism and gender in modern urban Hindi drama, as revealed in the work of Bharatendu Harishcandra, Jayshankar Prasad, Lakshminarayan Mishra, Mohan Rakesh, Jagdishcandra Mathur, Bhuvaneshvar, and Upendranath Ashk. I will first explore Hindu images of the feminine and will then proceed to analyse the reworking of the Hindu myth-models in the plays and the way the authors have mythologized them in order to give a conservative or progressive interpretation of Hinduism and gender.

Publication details

Published in:

Dimitrova Diana (2016) Hinduism and Hindi theater. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 97-157

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59923-0_5

Referenz:

Dimitrova Diana (2016) Hinduism and gender: mythologizing and othering women, In: Hinduism and Hindi theater, Dordrecht, Springer, 97–157.