The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was

"In this book, noted scholar of Hinduism and mythology Wendy Doniger offers a cross-cultural exploration of the theme of self-impersonation, whose widespread occurrence argues for both its literary power and its human value. The stories she considers range from ancient Indian literature and Shakespeare to Hollywood and Bollywood. They illuminate a basic human way of negotiating reality, illusion, identity, and authenticity, not to mention memory, amnesia, and the process of aging. Many of them involve marriage and adultery, for tales of sexual betrayal cut to the heart of the crisis of identity."--BOOK JACKET.

Yayınevi

Oxford University Press

Yayın tarihi

2006

Sayfa sayısı

284

Dil

İngilizce

ISBN

9780195313116 · 0195313119

Konular

Impersonation in literature, Self in literature