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Sakuntala

Name: Sakuntala
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 04558928
Price: 40.06 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Romila Thapar
ISBN: 9780231156554

Texts, Readings, Histories

Romila Thapar

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04558928

Publishers Columbia University Press, April 2011

The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in th... Full description

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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 would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.