Shikhandi and other tales they don't tell you /
Pattanaik, Devdut
Shikhandi and other tales they don't tell you / Devdut Pattanaik, illustrations by the author. - New Delhi : Zubaan ; Penguin Books, 2014. - 179 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 many overlooked tales, such as those of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver his devotee’s child; Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband; Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend; and many more.
Playful and touching and sometimes disturbing-these stories when compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese and Biblical counterparts, reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
9789383074846 (pbk.) Rs299.00 9383074841 (pbk.)
2014356907
Queer theology.
Hindu mythology.
Homosexuality --Religious aspects--Hinduism.
294.508664 PAT / 004701
Shikhandi and other tales they don't tell you / Devdut Pattanaik, illustrations by the author. - New Delhi : Zubaan ; Penguin Books, 2014. - 179 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 many overlooked tales, such as those of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver his devotee’s child; Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband; Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend; and many more.
Playful and touching and sometimes disturbing-these stories when compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese and Biblical counterparts, reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
9789383074846 (pbk.) Rs299.00 9383074841 (pbk.)
2014356907
Queer theology.
Hindu mythology.
Homosexuality --Religious aspects--Hinduism.
294.508664 PAT / 004701