Splitting the Difference
Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India
383 pages, 6 x 9
©
1999
Cloth $70.00
ISBN: 9780226156408
Published June 1999
Paper $25.00
ISBN: 9780226156415
Published April 1999
Acknowledgments Prelude: Comparing Texts Comparing People ONE: The Shadow Sita and the Phantom Helen Sita 9 / Helen 28 / Interlude: Saranyu and the Sun and the Shadow / Comparison: Sita and Helen / Conclusion: Abuse and Flight TWO: Indra and Ahalya, Zeus and Alemena Indra as Guatama with Ahalya / Zeus as Amphitryon with Alcmena / Interlude: Pandora / Comparison: Ahalya and Alcmena / Conclusion: Did She Fall, or Was She Pushed? THREE: Nala and Damayanti, Odysseus and Penelope Sukanya and the Ashvins / Nala and Damayanti / Damayanti and Nala / Penelope / Comparison: Damayanti and Penelope / Interlude: How to Tell a Human from a God / Conclusion: Why Prefer a Human to a God? FOUR: Mariatale/Renuka and Scylla/Charybdis Mariatale/Renuka / Scylla/Charybdis / Interlude: Splitting Lucy / Comparison: Heads You Lose / Conclusion: Put a Bag over Her Head FIVE: Transposed Male Heads and Tales Transposed Male Heads / Splitting Male Androgynes / Interlude: Self-Impregnating Androgynes / Comparison: Victorians and Others / Conclusion: Mind and Body (and Soul) SIX: Bisexual Transformations Males into Females in India / Females into Males in India / Males into Females in Greece and Europe / Conclusion: Male and/or Female Postlude: The Shadow of Gender Notes Bibliography Index
Awards
- Josephine Miles Award for Exc. in Lit.
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