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9781560231806

The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore

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  • ISBN13:

    9781560231806

  • ISBN10:

    1560231807

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-01-08
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Nonfiction. "Only a writer who is intimately familiar with the many thousands of Hindu legends could compile this book. Devdutt Pattanaik not only quotes the legends themselves, but also offers his own extensive commentary to place the stories in proper context. Hindu ideas of divine androgyny offer a basis for greater acceptance of gender diversity in the future" -Walter L. Williams, PhD, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California; Editor, International Gay and Lesbian Review.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Placing Stories in Context 1(1)
Universality of Queer Narratives
1(1)
Differences in Queer Narratives
2(2)
Hindu versus Biblical Paradigm
4(1)
Structured Society Within Fluid Philosophy
5(1)
The Hindu Way of Life
6(2)
Hindu Response to Queer Sexuality
8(2)
Adoption of the Colonial Discourse
10(1)
The Third Sex and Gender in India
10(2)
An Ancient Legacy
12(1)
What About the Women?
13(2)
Representation in Narratives
15(1)
Interpretation of Narratives
16(1)
Structure and Aim of the Book
17(2)
Women Who Become Men
19(22)
Bhisma: The Son Who Swore Celibacy
21(1)
Avikshita: The Prince Who Believed He Was a Woman
22(1)
Amba's Quest for Manhood
23(2)
Children of the Man with Queer Virility
25(1)
Shikhandini Gets a Male Body
26(2)
The Raja's Daughter Who Became His Son
28(1)
The Girls Who Got Married
29(2)
The Inseparable Girls
31(2)
Man Who Was a Woman
33(2)
The Woman Who Became a Man and Then a Woman
35(3)
Sariputra's Sex Change
38(1)
Malli Who Became Malli-Natha
39(2)
Pregnant Kings
41(24)
Bhangashvana: The Man Who Was Father and Mother
41(2)
Somavat: The Male Wife
43(1)
Son of a Eunuch
44(1)
The Forest Where Men Became Women
45(4)
The Dawn-God Becomes a Woman
49(1)
Riksharaja's Dip into Womanhood
49(2)
Narada Becomes a Woman
51(3)
Yuvanashva: The Pregnant King
54(2)
Ravana's Pregnancy
56(1)
Shiva Gives Birth to Shukra
57(1)
Kavya Gives Birth to Kacha
58(3)
Birth of Kartikeya
61(2)
Kartikeya Turns Away from Women
63(2)
Cross-Dressing Tricksters
65(30)
Mohini Tricks Bhasma
66(2)
Mohini Fools the Asuras
68(3)
Mohini Kills Virochana
71(1)
Mohini Enchants the Sages
71(1)
Vishnu Arouses Shiva
72(1)
Death of Adi
73(2)
The Son of Shiva and Vishnu
75(2)
Kali Becomes Krishna
77(1)
Shiva, the Milkmaid
78(3)
Krishna Wears Radha's Clothes
81(2)
Krishna Kills Araka
83(1)
Krishna and Arjuna As Mother and Daughter
84(1)
Ghatotkacha in Women's Clothes
84(1)
Bhima in Women's Clothes
85(1)
Santoshi and Her Brother
86(1)
Krishna Becomes Aravan's Wife
87(1)
Samba's Pregnancy
88(3)
Ravana's Harem
91(1)
Past Lives of the Milkmaids
92(3)
Castrated Men and Women
95(18)
Brihanalla: The Eunuch Dancer
95(3)
Urvashi Castrates Arjuna
98(1)
Bahuchara Emasculates Her Husband
99(2)
Bahuchara Cuts Her Breasts
101(1)
Kannagi Plucks Out Her Breast
102(1)
Shiva Castrates Himself
103(1)
Sages Castrate Shiva
104(1)
Indra Loses His Manhood
105(1)
Laxmana Mutilates Surpanakha
106(1)
Emasculation of Jamadagni's Sons
107(2)
Chelliamman's Female Companion
109(2)
The Man Who Had Never Seen a Woman
111(2)
Neither This nor That
113(20)
Narasimha
113(2)
Creation of Ganesha
115(1)
Two Queens Conceive a Child
116(2)
Ganesha Remains Single
118(2)
The Separation of the Three Worlds
120(1)
Rama's Return
121(1)
Purusha Splits into Two
122(1)
Brahma Sees the Half-Woman God
123(2)
Shiva Makes Parvati His Left Half
125(1)
Shiva Fuses with Parvati
125(3)
Shiva Cursed to Become an Androgyne
128(1)
Bhrungi Tries to Separate the Androgyne
128(1)
Shiva-Linga
129(1)
The Prince Who Married His Left Half
130(3)
Afterword 133(2)
Notes 135(6)
Glossary 141(12)
Bibliography 153(4)
Index 157

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