Śakuntalā : texts, readings, histories / Romila Thapar.

By:

Thapar, Romila [author.]

Contributor(s):

Kālidāsa, Śakuntalā

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2002Description: x, 271 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9788188965601 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 891.22 THA 014507

Contents:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that came to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	891.22 THA 014507 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		014507

Includes bibliographical references.

The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that came to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts.

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