Research Catalog

Title

The man who was a woman and other queer tales of Hindu lore / [compiled by] Devdutt Pattanaik.

Publication

New York : Harrington Park Press, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Pattanaik, Devdutt

Description

xiii, 165 p., [15] p. of plates : col, ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Haworth gay & lesbian studies

Uniform Title

Haworth gay & lesbian studies.

Subjects

• History
• Hindu literature > History and criticism
• Cross-dressing > Religious aspects > Hinduism
• Hinduism > Doctrines
• Sex role > Religious aspects > Hinduism

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Placing Stories in Context -- Universality of Queer Narratives -- Differences in Queer Narratives -- Hindu versus Biblical Paradigm -- Structured Society Within Fluid Philosophy -- The Hindu Way of Life -- Hindu Response to Queer Sexuality -- Adoption of the Colonial Discourse -- The Third Sex and Gender in India -- An Ancient Legacy -- What About the Women? -- Representation in Narratives -- Interpretation of Narratives -- Structure and Aim of the Book -- Women Who Become Men -- Bhisma: The Son Who Swore Celibacy -- Avikshita: The Prince Who Believed He Was a Woman -- Amba's Quest for Manhood -- Children of the Man with Queer Virility -- Shikhandini Gets a Male Body -- The Raja's Daughter Who Became His Son -- The Girls Who Got Married -- The Inseparable Girls -- Man Who Was a Woman -- The Woman Who Became a Man and Then a Woman -- Sariputra's Sex Change -- Malli Who Became Malli-Natha -- Pregnant Kings -- Bhangashvana: The Man Who Was Father and Mother -- Somavat: The Male Wife -- Son of a Eunuch -- The Forest Where Men Became Women -- The Dawn-God Becomes a Woman -- Riksharaja's Dip into Womanhood -- Narada Becomes a Woman -- Yuvanashva: The Pregnant King -- Ravana's Pregnancy -- Shiva Gives Birth to Shukra -- Kavya Gives Birth to Kacha -- Birth of Kartikeya -- Kartikeya Turns Away from Women -- Cross-Dressing Tricksters -- Mohini Tricks Bhasma -- Mohini Fools the Asuras -- Mohini Kills Virochana -- Mohini Enchants the Sages -- Vishnu Arouses Shiva -- Death of Adi -- The Son of Shiva and Vishnu.

ISBN

• 1560231807 (hard : alk. paper)
• 1560231815 (soft : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001016663

OCLC

45845455

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library