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Splitting the difference : gender and myth in ancient Greece and India / Wendy Doniger

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Author:
Doniger, Wendy  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 376 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Comparative studies
Date:
1999
Contents:
Prelude: comparing texts comparing people -- The shadow Sita and the phantom Helen -- Indra and Ahalya, Zeus and Alcmena -- Nala and Damayanti, Odysseus and Penelope -- Mariatale/Renuka and Scylla/Charybdis -- Transposed male heads and tales -- Bisexual transformations -- Postlude: the shadow of gender
Topic:
Sex--Mythology  Search this
Mythology, Greek  Search this
Hindu mythology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074507