Transcultural negotiations of gender : studies in (be)longing /
Transcultural Negotiations of Gender probes into how gender is negotiated along the two axes of `belonging' and `longing'- the twin desires of being located within a cultural milieu, while yearning for either what has passed by or what is yet to come.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Dordrecht ; London :
Springer,
c2016
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- Part I (Be)longing in Time
- 1 Curiosity Killed The... Woman: Modern Rewritings of "Bluebeard" in Literary Representations of Marital Abuse
- Abstract
- References
- 2 New Feminine Myths as Builders of New Transcultural Horizons
- Abstract
- References
- 3 Not By Faith Alone: Religion, Gender and The Public Domain in India
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Kumaran Asan's Re-Reading of Sita
- 3.3 Periyar's Re-Interpretation of The Ramayana
- 3.4 Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues
- 3.5 Conclusion
- 7.2 Natsume Soseki and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 7.3 Gender Issues in India and Japan
- 7.4 Conclusion
- References
- 8 Rewriting GenreGender? Crime Fiction by Women Authors from India and Latin America
- Abstract
- References
- 9 Gender Revolution in Socialist Cuba: Up to a Certain Point
- Abstract
- References
- 10 Bodies of Pleasure: Rethinking Gender, Space and Identity
- Abstract
- 10.1 Moving Bodies, Performing Gender: An Introduction
- 10.2 Bodily Practices and Gendered Spaces: A Critical Review
- 10.3 Parks as Spaces of Resistance and Negotiation
- 10.4 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Part III Performing (Be)longing
- 11 "Devadasi" Reform in Colonial South India: The Case of Radhika Santwanam
- Abstract
- References
- 12 Gender and Performance: The Reinvention of Mohiniyattam in Early Twentieth-Century Kerala
- Abstract
- References
- 13 Wayward Women, Wicked Singing
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 The Search
- 13.3 The Journey
- 13.4 Conclusion
- References
- 14 Gendered Bhavas: Perpetuating Notions of "Ideal" Male and Female Behaviour Through Specific Emotions Highlighted in Acting in Mayabazar
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Storyline
- 14.3 Different Genders, Different Bhavas
- 14.3.1 Sasirekha in Courtship
- 14.3.2 Sasirekha in Protest
- 14.3.3 Sasirekha in Marriage
- 14.4 Conclusion
- References
- 15 The Relevance of Gender in the Narco CorridoNarco Novel
- Abstract
- References
- Part IV Modernity, Technology and (Be)longing
- 16 Tagore's Women Heralding The "New Indian Woman": A Critique of the Women's Question in the Nationalist Discourse
- Abstract
- References
- 17 Manasi to Neera: The Evolution of the Concept of "Muse" in Modern Bengali Poetry
- Abstract