An Alternative Reading of the Other in The Mahabharata: Celebrating the Marginal - Couverture souple

Sinha, Seema; Bhattacharya, Kumar Sankar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1032988274 ISBN 13 : 9781032988276

Editeur : Routledge India, 2026

Synopsis

This book studies gender, sexuality, and representation in The Mahabharata. Drawing on Feminist theory, Queer theory and Deconstructivist theory, it revisits the epic as a saga of agency, empowerment, and subversion, and examines how it gives the gendered marginal ― the women and the queer ― a voice.

The authors argue that in a fluid text like The Mahabharata, there is ample scope for contradiction and conformation, as well as conflict and resolution, which gives the marginal an opportunity to document resistance. They analyse the stories of Draupadi, Kunti, Renuka, Ulupi, and Hidimba within an anti-patriarchal, non-normative, post-modern theoretical framework. They also examine liminal figures like Shikhandi, Yuvanashwa, Sudyumna and Bhangashwan, who are uniquely placed in conversation involving queer space, marginalization, and resistance.

An important addition to the study of Indian epics, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, subaltern studies, Indian literature, English literature, gender studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, women’s studies, exclusion studies, and postcolonial studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Seema Sinha is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.

Kumar Sankar Bhattacharya is Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge India
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1032988274
• ISBN 13: 9781032988276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible